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Racism in Football
Peter Johnson, leader of the international football committee FIFA, speaking on the 13/02/2013 in a press conference in front of internet and newspaper journalists.

hello (.) my name is Peter Johnson and welcome to today’s press conference(.) I (.) as chief
/ / / / director for the football governing body FIFA have a few announcements of extreme / \ importance to make(0.5) today’s issue is Racism in football(.)something which over recent

months has seemed to become some kind of media obsession and has more importantly

become of notice to not / only me but my employees aswell(2) the issue of racism in football has also taken over the \ / headlines in recent weeks(1) which is why I think this idiocy has to be stopped(.) (accel)
/
racist / / / \ chants have riddled the football world causing chaos and anarchy throughout(2)

(rall) i have been doing this job for no less than twe:::lve years, and in that

twelve / \ years I have never known this type of stupidity(.) (accel) I am shocked that it has been

allowed to continue for such a

lo:ng time(.)for years in fact and nothing or very little has been done about it(.) but / today my friends(.) is a new day(.) a day that we will start the change(.) a day where white(.)

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