Mr Football

⚽️ is my name @smfc is my family. An ethnic 🧑🏿🇦🇺, but not from where you assume #SMFC #AVFC 🦁🦁🦁

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

That was terrible England #ashes 🏏

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@smfcmike I’ll be heading down there

[. @ckswank_]

@Footbal64150902 @dmaikousis What other options do they have? They want to be a professional club, in order to do that they need a professional league to play in

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@Konston_ Or expand A League to include clubs like South + Olympic to give more players opportunities

No license fee; just promote them through the Aust championship

It gives more players opportunities + creates more interest

Clubs shouldn’t need to be fully pro

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

That’s a disappointing way to start the day

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@priji_cyril @AcmSteph @essendonfc His attitude caused a lot of division across the soccer community

As an Asian Brit myself; that supports a club founded by Greek Aussies; I find it very offensive. as do others

We are all Aussie + he has no right to make people feel excluded based on their ethnic origins

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@priji_cyril @AcmSteph @essendonfc As Melb Victory Chair he strongly advocated against soccer clubs founded by migrant communities

This included stating things such as keeping these clubs out of the ALeague to protect the mainstream integrity of the game; as if somehow these fans + clubs arent mainstream Aussies

[Nats @BLNats]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher Why were Perth Glory and Adelaide United allowed licenses if it needed to start from scratch?

[Nats @BLNats]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher So let me get this right, the previous idea of the FA (⚽️🇦🇺) at the time was to remove any notion of club’s backgrounds. Names, logos etc.

Then its next idea was to make sure no clubs with ethnic backgrounds were a part of the A-League.

But race had nothing to do with it.

[Nats @BLNats]

@gm_butcher @kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 All communities are included at South, Adelaide City and so on.

It’s racist views from the outside that think they are not.

Founded by migrants in Australia. They’re Australian clubs with proud people that helped build them.

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@gm_butcher @BLNats @kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 Are you listening to yourself? It’s not racist to exclude ethnic groups?

Defending Di Pietro who explicitly called for clubs to be excluded from AL expansion based on race - that somehow these communities don’t represent mainstream Aust?

Are you + Dr Nook right wing nut jobs?

[SM Pete @SMEMUFC]

@essendonfc This is a shocking move‼️Di Pietro openly supported racism & racist ideologies in the A League‼️He does not represent the values of Essendon FC‼️This is a shocking move‼️ Disgraceful‼️

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher No worries champ; you do you

As I said; you’re no different to the other racists I’ve had to put up with in my life

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher Read above

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher do you have dyslexia?

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher You came onto this forum to defend a racist + support acts of racism

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@kananook @SMEMUFC @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher Dr Nook; you remind me of the teachers I had in Birmingham who thought it was socially acceptable to call me a Paki.

You’re no different

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@SMEMUFC @kananook @ChadSchulte1 @gm_butcher Well said Pete

Dr Nook; how can you possibly try + defend this? You say you’ve experienced racism + then defend a racist. Don’t tell us it wasn’t because it was. What Di Pietro said + did was absolutely racist.

As for Dons. Once again you appointed someone without doing checks

[Mr Football @MrAusFootball]

@smfcmike @SMEMUFC A bit unfair mate. Sour grapes? Not perfect, but Sourasis is just trying to engage the local criminal community in the west and continue to build an identity. A slow burn, but there has been positive progress.