Ferdy's 'racism' shock

RIO FERDINAND has revealed his shock at claims England fans sang racist songs about him.

Anti-racism body FARE reported an incident to FIFA after last Friday’s Three Lions clash with San Marino.
It was alleged some supporters joined in with a song suggesting Ferdinand and his brother Anton should be burned on a bonfire.
Ferdinand was vilified by fans after withdrawing from the England squad because it did not fit in with his training programme.
He then travelled to Qatar to be a TV pundit on the 8-0 victory.
Ferdinand, 34, tweeted: “You expect+accept banter from fans on the terraces as its part of what makes the game great,but racism is not banter,& from ya own fans. WOW.
“Always a small minority who ruin it for others.
“Let’s not jump to conclusions + assume though as it might just have been banter. We’ll see after the investigation.”
United boss Alex Ferguson believes any racist chanting is a cultural problem, rather than just a football issue.
The Scot said: "That is the modern society I am afraid. We see a lot of that.
"Supporters react to many things. I don't think we can change that."
FARE’s executive director Piara Powar revealed the organisation had spoken to FIFA about the incident.
He said: “Although we did not have observers at the match we have pulled together evidence sent to us including media comment and have passed that on to FIFA.
“I think that it’s one of those things that is very subtle.
“We would say racism and other forms of discrimination is not always banana throwing and monkey chants.
“It can be very subtle and the people collating the reports believed it is strong enough to send on to FIFA.
“From the reports we have seen I personally think there was an undercurrent of race there, and other people have thought that it has been imbued with racist overtones.
“Whether FIFA think that is strong enough to take action is another question entirely and we accept that it is certainly an unusual report.”
FARE have also reported racist or xenophobic incidents at the Croatia v Serbia and Poland v Ukraine matches