Despite the lack of urgency towards the problem over the years, the reasons behind the alarmingly low number of British Asian footballers have been known for decades. While the FA eventually implemented a Bringing Opportunities to Communities strategy in to increase the number of Asians at grassroots level, measures have yet to be taken to educate coaches and scouts on their unconscious biases towards footballers of colour.
The severity of unconscious bias in football has since been supported by numerous first-hand accounts and studies, for example by Dr Daniel Kilvington, an academic in Media and Cultural Studies at Leeds Beckett University.
Why are they good at cricket? Even with all the various hurdles British Asian footballers continue to face, there are finally new signs that some positive change is occurring. For the first time, a promising number of young British Asian footballers are coming through various academies across the country at the same time.
Rehman believes that the programme has already started to bear fruits, with more scholars and young players in academies today than ever before. That will empower people from their own communities. The network is growing, so we are hopeful of the stats in this space becoming more positive. I think we need about 6, Asian players in the system for just one to come through. So instead he adopted his racially ambiguous nickname instead, and found himself increasingly shortlisted for positions.
The kicker? How many other sliding-doors moments might be out there? It is not much different lower down the pyramid. Kilvington notes that while a quarter of the 3, professional players are black, only 0. Forty years ago, the reflex response was that kids of south Asian heritage preferred cricket and hockey. That no longer holds, if it ever did. Others will say that south Asian communities have never wanted to integrate in the game. Is it any wonder that many set up their own teams and leagues?
That is another head-scratcher, given the game caters for just about every shape and size, from Peter Crouch to Adebayo Akinfenwa to Ryan Fraser. In the end, I just decided to go for the Toyota job when it became available. No one was willing to give him that second chance, or even answer him, let alone have a look at him. It is why the experiences of many black coaches strike a chord. It is as if British Asian footballers are only allowed to fail once. The French national team is made up of north African players, central African players.
The German national team has a lot of German Turkish players. It is why it must be a multi-agency approach.
Kouhyar takes up the point. There are a lot of Asian leagues in Birmingham. If you go to them, you will find talent. Hassan points to the example of year-old Zidane Iqbal at Manchester United, and how British Asian talent can develop if given the right surroundings.
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