‘Hammerheads’ must tackle racial abuse says Powar

THE head of Britain’s leading anti-racist movement in sport thinks West Ham’s new Icelandic owners should make a public stand against the abuse suffered by captain Nigel Reo-Coker.

Reo-Coker’s agent Tony Finnegan has reported how his client was targeted by bigots who blamed him for former manager Alan Pardew’s recent sacking. Finnegan revealed that Reo-Coker had received mail in which one letter racially abused him.

Now, Piara Powar, Director of the “Kick it Out” campaign, wants action.

He insisted: “I don’t know whether there is any police intervention pending in this matter but I think it is time West Ham’s new owners came out and said publicly that this kind of thing will not be tolerated.”