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racism should add to the motivation

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From personal experience playing football at a good level (for Stevenage reserves), its very hard to make it as a pro footballer, especially if your Asian. Asians are very good footballers and yes you do have many cases where there is no support from the family but this is not entirely true with all families, my father encouraged me to play and I went through the ranks at Everton academy. My issue was I was not good enough for top level football (Premier league). Our youth, who are good, need to be pointed in the correct directions by their parents e.g. academies and then see how far they get. I will not lie, there is racism in football from fans and individual football clubs but if you are good that will be over looked. Asians are becoming pro footballers in Europe e.g. Vikash Dharsoo, who played for AC Milan and France, Harpal Singh, played for Leeds and currently Mark Chopra plays for a club in the Championship.

So it’s not all doom and gloom.

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From personal experience playing football at a good level (for Stevenage reserves), its very hard to make it as a pro footballer, especially if your Asian. Asians are very good footballers and yes you do have many cases where there is no support from the family but this is not entirely true with all families, my father encouraged me to play and I went through the ranks at Everton academy. My issue was I was not good enough for top level football (Premier league). Our youth, who are good, need to be pointed in the correct directions by their parents e.g. academies and then see how far they get. I will not lie, there is racism in football from fans and individual football clubs but if you are good that will be over looked. Asians are becoming pro footballers in Europe e.g. Vikash Dharsoo, who played for AC Milan and France, Harpal Singh, played for Leeds and currently Mark Chopra plays for a club in the Championship.

So it’s not all doom and gloom.

You mean Micheal Chopra, last season he was at Cardiff I think he moved to Ipswich this season started. The only other person I can think off who is of Asain descent to have played top flight football is Zesh / Yezh Rehman for Fullham, He don't play in preimier league or championship no more not sure where he is but he has played for Pakistan team also.

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Vikash dhorasoo is ethically Indian but not sikh, micheal chopra...well chopra is half white and chopra is not a sikh name.

But this topic points out the hipocracy in out community that when we see a sikh girl out there drinking we say she is not sikh, yet we expect a mon to play football and then claim him as sikh. Why not let him try and header a ball with a daastar and takle someone with a kirpan in his pocket?

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A small amount of racism when foreign players are on the pitch mainly from the opposition. But, South Asians just aren't good enough if they were would India etc not have their own good football team? They like just Cricket and Hockey. In the West it's the same, good enough for a kickabout in the park, but not for professional football.

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