Ireland's Callum Robinson sent 'over 70' abusive messages after Chelsea win

Robinson reported a racist response to one of his Instagram messages in the wake of his performance, and his club subsequently reported the incident to the police

Callum Robinson has been the recipient of over 70 discriminatory social media messages. Picture: John Walton/PA

Sam Allardyce has revealed the shocking scale of the abuse levelled at striker Callum Robinson in the wake of his two-goal performance in West Brom’s win at Chelsea last week.

Allardyce said Robinson had received “over 70 messages” of a discriminatory nature on social media, and said the response from platforms in combating such abuse was “simply not good enough”.