Taylor: England should have walked off

Players chief Gordon Taylor believes the Football Association should have taken the England team off the pitch in response to the racist chanting which marred last night’s friendly against Spain.

England lost 1-0 but the impressive performance of the home team was overshadowed by the racist barracking from all around the Bernabeu whenever Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Jermain Defoe touched the ball.

Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, wants the FA to take drastic action.

“We have to say ‘enough is enough’ and to set an example,” he told Radio Five Live.

“It’s about human dignity. These were my members that were being humiliated. The message should have come down from the FA directors, to say we will take responsibility for this and take them off.

“We should have set an example last night in that the game is more important than winning or losing.”