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Jimmypearce7

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Marca today says of Spurs:

"Their Jewish origin has made them into a club hated by rival fans".

Not particularly surprising, given how racist the Spanish are and how Marca is aligned with fascism!
 

Sir Henry

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That's a disgrace to be honest, not not really that surprising coming from that tapping up snyde rag
 

CornerPinDreamer

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marca really is a propaganda mouthpiece that normally leads with:

'HRH Ronaldo takes a shit and distributes his scat amongst the poor'
 

Speedy

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Dumbass racists. We should demand an apology, and Real need to condemn this nonsense
 

worcestersauce

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Also incorrect as we have no Jewish origins, I'm always surprised how these myths persist.
Actually I don't know why they mentioned it but it needn't have been meant offensively.
 

Flashspur

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Thats both unimaginative and incorrect. I'd sack the editor for being a fucking moron. Cant even get his insults right.
 

kmk

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http://www.espn.co.uk/football/tott...-blatantly-wrong-and--distasteful-marca-claim

Tottenham Hotspur say they are "astonished" by an article in Marca, Spain's best-selling daily newspaper, claiming that the club is "hated" for its Jewish origins.

The Madrid-based sports daily printed the claim on Monday as part of its coverage of Tottenham's visit to the Spanish capital to play Real Madrid in Tuesday's Champions League group game.

The article, bylined to Marca's senior reporter Enrique Ortega, claimed that Spurs were "hated" by rival fans, adding: "Their Jewish origin has made them into a club disliked by rival fans...but in their 135 years of existence they have always had style and great players."
A Spurs statement in response, given to ESPN FC, read: "We are astonished that a publication such as Marca, which presents itself as an alleged source of professional journalism, has seen fit to publish such an article which is blatantly wrong and wholly distasteful."

Marca issued the following statement as an apology:
"The article published today in Marca about the history of Tottenham, Real Madrid's next rival, aimed to give a general brushstroke of Spurs, a club with enormous tradition in British football and across all the continent 'always praised for its good footballing taste.'
"The fame of the team, their 'permanent selection during their 135 years of quality players, 'their records, ambition to outdo themselves... all these ideas were within an article which, nonetheless, has generated controversy in England for a mistranslation of the word 'odiado,' which is used in the text.

"This 'hate' which Tottenham suffers is very focused on radical and racist groups who hide themselves within the fan-bases of, especially, Chelsea and West Ham. Obviously, these groups do not in any way represent the fans or English society.
"I regret the confusion which has been created in this respect. The intention was not to harm the image of Tottenham, a club we respect, value and admire -- without going any further one of their players was on our cover today -- and we would never want to act as a loudspeaker for these racist minorities, of which football has too many, and who use any pretext to spread their messages of hate, which we reject completely."
Spurs traditionally have a large Jewish following and sections of the club's supporters refers to themselves as "Yids" -- a negative way of describing a person of the Jewish faith.
 

coys200

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At a Guess I’d say Arsenal and Chelsea have Just as many Jewish fans as we do.Bring brought up a North London Jew ,Id say the split between my Jewish friends was pretty even.
 

worcestersauce

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At a Guess I’d say Arsenal and Chelsea have Just as many Jewish fans as we do.Bring brought up a North London Jew ,Id say the split between my Jewish friends was pretty even.
Not sure about Chelsea, much of their traditional fanbase is from south of the river though they obviously have a lot, Arsenal on the other hand may have even more than us, certainly no less.
 
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