Victor Meldrew Ian,
Picking up on your point about the view that there are 30% black players so some feel that there ought to be 30% representation in coaching/management.
As coaching/management is mostly about watching rather than playing should we not look at what percentage of football crowds are black?
At most of the games I have been to in England watching Reading and others I would guess (with no actual figures to back this up) that less than 5% of black people make up a crowd-more probably at Arsenal for example but less at Newcastle.
Is this percentage nearer to the numbers in coaching or management at the professional level?
Are black people (yes, a big generalisation) more interested in playing rather than watching or coaching?
think you may be missing one or two big reasons why black people have not felt welcome at football grounds. historically speaking.
luckily for me I never try to set expectations. Keep the benchmark low and you can only pleasantly surprise.
