FA report ‘incidents of racism’ to Uefa

The Football Association have reported “a number of incidents of racism” to Uefa after ugly scenes marred England U21s’ 1-0 win away against Serbia last night.

Defender Danny Rose was sent off after the final whistle after apparently responding angrily to monkey taunts from the crowd at the end of the Euro 2013 play-off in Krusevac which saw the visitors qualify for next year’s tournament in Israel.

Scuffles also broke out when supporters invaded the field moments after Connor Wickham struck in injury-time to complete a 2-0 aggregate victory and book England’s place at next summer’s tournament.

A statement from the FA read: “The FA condemns both the scenes of racism and the confrontation at the final whistle during which time our players and staff were under extreme provocation.

“The FA has reported a number of incidents of racism to UEFA following the fixture.

“These were seemingly aimed at a number of England black players by the crowd. The matter is now with UEFA.”

Head coach Stuart Pearce said: “I think there were one or two racist incidents that came on from the crowd and they have been reported to UEFA, I believe, by ourselves.

“It is in their hands now, they will have to deal with that.”