NFR - The Scouse Guide to Insults - strangely not a joke...

[The Equalizer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-23510657

Liverpool Football Club staff have been issued with a guide to unacceptable language so they can help eradicate verbal abuse from fans.

The handbook highlights "offensive" phrases including "don't be a woman", "play like a girl" and "that's gay".

The club said they wanted to stamp out slurs against race, religion, sexual orientation, gender and disability.

Player Luis Suarez was found to have racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a game last year.

The club were criticised in February by black community groups for a perceived lack of action.

Liverpool's players receive their own guidance as part of a separate Premier League programme.

'Positive step'
Social inclusion officer Rishi Jain said the club had been "actively engaged in an education and awareness programme".

"This programme includes interactive workshops and a handbook which is designed to provide information on the latest equality legislation including what terminology is deemed acceptable and unacceptable."

He added it would help staff "take the necessary steps to ensure Anfield is free from all forms of discrimination".

Lord Herman Ouseley, chair of anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, said the guide was a positive step.

He said Liverpool FC had taken "great strides" to tackle discrimination.

"Match day stewards must be trained on dealing with incidents of discrimination and unacceptable behaviour in order to eradicate it from our stadiums."



I for one believe that this is a load of old tosh. Okay, racial abuse needs to be stamped out, but shouting out "You play like a girl"??? Jesus H Christ on a bike with his 7 dwarves on a tandem...

[aFFCn_Fan]

That's gay

[Holders]

The thing is, you can't tell what scousers are saying anyway so it doesn't really matter.

[nickmuir]

the thing is say a girl was saying your play like a girl what they going to do lol

and if a guy goes that's gay how would they know the guy who said it was not  gay ?

[Airfix]

A thought occurs.  When the women's team play football, do they shout "Man on!"???

[fulhamben]

That's gay

i found nothing happy about that myself

[Northern Cottager]

Cue 2,000 away fans next season chanting You're Gay, and you know you are!

Stupid guide informing people of what they already know and pushing it beyond the realms of acceptable into downright stupid.

[zschwartz]

Haha, wow, liverpool... Anybody else suspect this is just a loophole for suarez to tempt him to stay? "curse all you want in spanish or any words not on the list," get out of jail free card.

The photo of the 'list' is ridiculous. Urabn dictionary has about 7 million entries, hopefully there's some method in place to amend the list... what a bunch of clowns.

[Frankie-Peter Taylor]

This is quite embarrassing. The fact that Liverpool fans need to be reminded what is socially acceptable speaks volumes about the majority of their support.

[Cravenawin]

Does not one of the songs sung at Anfield go " so Fairy cross the Mersey"?

[epsomraver]

This is quite embarrassing. The fact that Liverpool fans need to be reminded what is socially acceptable speaks volumes about the majority of their support.

Were you at the cottage last game? How about no coloured fireworks to be let off in a crowd with children near by! :dft007:

[Ron Sheepskin]

This is quite embarrassing. The fact that Liverpool fans need to be reminded what is socially acceptable speaks volumes about the majority of their support.

Were you at the cottage last game? How about no coloured fireworks to be let off in a crowd with children near by! :dft007:

Careful ER, the Liverpool list probably prohibits you from calling fireworks 'coloured'...