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| Peterborough's Jonson Clarke-Harris calls out racist abuse on Instagram | Peterborough's Jonson Clarke-Harris calls out racist abuse on Instagram |
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| Jonson Clarke-Harris is Peterborough United's captain | Jonson Clarke-Harris is Peterborough United's captain |
| A League One club is working with the English Football League after their captain was subjected to "disgusting" racist abuse on social media. | |
| Peterborough United's skipper Jonson Clarke-Harris, 28, detailed the abuse on his Instagram account. | Peterborough United's skipper Jonson Clarke-Harris, 28, detailed the abuse on his Instagram account. |
| Clarke-Harris, who has played for the Jamaican national squad, said although he did not like to "post profanity... these people need to be exposed". | Clarke-Harris, who has played for the Jamaican national squad, said although he did not like to "post profanity... these people need to be exposed". |
| A spokesman for the Posh said the club was supporting Clarke-Harris. | A spokesman for the Posh said the club was supporting Clarke-Harris. |
| The abusive messages appear to be from someone who was unhappy that Clarke-Harris appeared in a Team of the Season pack on the video game FIFA 23, as first reported by the Peterborough Telegraph. | The abusive messages appear to be from someone who was unhappy that Clarke-Harris appeared in a Team of the Season pack on the video game FIFA 23, as first reported by the Peterborough Telegraph. |
| Writing on his Instagram account, with a screenshot of the messages he received, Clarke-Harris said: "I really don't like to post profanity on my social media where alot [sic] of minors follow me, but there becomes a point when these people need to be exposed and everyone needs to understand the level of racism me and other ethnic players receive over a football game." | Writing on his Instagram account, with a screenshot of the messages he received, Clarke-Harris said: "I really don't like to post profanity on my social media where alot [sic] of minors follow me, but there becomes a point when these people need to be exposed and everyone needs to understand the level of racism me and other ethnic players receive over a football game." |
| Clarke-Harris's club described the abuse as "alarming" | Clarke-Harris's club described the abuse as "alarming" |
| Phil Adlam, a spokesman for Peterborough United, described the abuse as "very alarming". | |
| He told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "The language that's been used is disgusting and the fact it seems to be stemming from console games... and they choose to racially abuse someone via their own social network - it just beggars belief." | |
| He said Clarke-Harris had received "a total of five messages now from five different accounts". | |
| "Jonson obviously is someone [who] just feels that in today's society it's crazy that people are still doing this and thinking that they can get away with doing this," he said. | |
| "These are probably from people who've never met Jonson, [have] never seen him, and they're just using their frustration through a video game to bring it into real life - and seem to think there are no consequences for doing that." | |
| He said the EFL had been made aware of the case and added that the team was "supporting Jonson as best we can". | He said the EFL had been made aware of the case and added that the team was "supporting Jonson as best we can". |
| An EFL spokesman said it was offering support to Clarke-Harris and the club. | An EFL spokesman said it was offering support to Clarke-Harris and the club. |
| He said the case had been referred to the UK Football Policing Unit - an organisation that works with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs Council Football Lead (NPCC) to reduce violence, antisocial behaviour and disorder at matches involving UK teams. | He said the case had been referred to the UK Football Policing Unit - an organisation that works with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs Council Football Lead (NPCC) to reduce violence, antisocial behaviour and disorder at matches involving UK teams. |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Peterborough | Peterborough |
| Racism | Racism |