a chance for heskey for england. emile heskey!land, he was spat at and called racial slurs, but never reported it, worried he'd be deemed a troublemaker. we had no real voice in that sense of power to do anything, so it was staying on the pitch, showing our skills and winning the game. since the start of the premier league nearly three decades ago, the number of bame players has increased, but there has still only been nine non—white managers. as a player and manager, chris hughton has felt the effect of racism. all of these black and ethnic players in the late '705, the early '805, you know, would have gone through a playing career that they would have been subjected to racial comments, racial discrimination, and it's impossible for you not to think, "well, do i want a further career in this game?" and it's not only in the men's game. england international anita asante says, as a player, anita asante says, as a black player, she's had to work twice as hard. you don't want any individual to feel that they can't be 100% themselves.

today, we will be hearing from emile heskey, the former england and liverpool striker. heskey, who recently accepted a role with leicester city's women's team, experienced racial abuse at club and national level. it was kind of excepted to throw things and to abuse people. it is also late starting to creep back into football where it is not accepted into football where it is not a cce pted by into football where it is not accepted by people feel that they can actually still say... we were playing slovakia away. i remember kicking off and playing the ball to back him, putting it back through ashley, cold and then a blue, and boo up to me, boo, then to another black player and then you understand the boeing were monkey chance. you need to take it with a pinch of salt because we have grown up in that era where we had no real voice in that sense of power. to do anything, so it would stay on the pitch, and winning the game and that was the thing. —— that booing. i think there isa thing. —— that booing. i think there is a lot of my generation that did not go to football and h

today, we will be hearing from emile heskey, the former england and liverpool striker. experienced racial abuse at club

commentator: a chance for heskey for england! emile heskey!ver reported it, worried he would be deemed a troublemaker. we had no real voice in that sense of power, to do anything. so it was staying on the pitch, showing my skills and winning the game. since the start of the premier league nearly three decades ago, the number of bame players has increased, but there's still only been nine non—white managers. as a player and manager, chris hughton has felt the effect of racism. all of these black and ethnic players in the late '70s and early '80s, they would have gone through a playing career that they would have been subjected to racial comments, racial discrimination. and it's impossible for you not to think, "well, you know, do i want is a further career in this game?" and it's not only in the men's game. england international anita asa nte says as a black player, she's had to work twice as hard. you don't want any individual to feel that they can't be 100% themselves. maybe on that particular day, in a training session, i am that very compet

commentator: a chance for heskey for england! emile heskey! late '70s and early '80s, they would have gone through a playing career that they would have been subjected to racial comments, racial discrimination. and it's impossible for you not to think, "well, you know, do i want is a further career in this game?" and it's not only in the men's game. england international anita asa nte says as a black player, she's had to work twice as hard. you don't want any individual to feel that they can't be 100% themselves. maybe on that particular day, in a training session, i am that very competitive person that comes across a little bit more, erm, feisty. but because there's an association with being a black woman and having that kind of energy and boldness, it's not always seen as a positive thing. i might refrain from being that person. that's what i think is a sad thing. the global protests that followed george floyd's death challenged racism around the world, and footballers played their part. the new generation are pushing for change. among them,