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Gordon Taylor: 'Hidden racism blighting English football'

PFA chief Gordon Taylor says that English football is guilty of institutional racism.

Gordon Taylor has warned that institutional racism is preventing black coaches from being considered for jobs in English football.

The PFA boss is incensed that a string of highly-qualified former players have given up applying for jobs because they fear discrimination due to their skin colour.

"It should be based on merit. I know these black players have got merit as players and they've got merit as coaches," The Mirror quotes him as saying.

"I can give you a list of black players who've become coaches, who've got their [UEFA] A Licence and B Licence, who've gone all the way up the ranks and got the Pro Licence and aren't getting opportunities.

"I know for a fact they've got that merit but there is a hidden racism that seems to hold clubs back."

Taylor is an advocate of the 'Rooney Rule', a regulation that would require chairmen to include at least one non-white candidate on their shortlist when interviewing for managerial roles.

Chris Powell of Huddersfield Town and Keith Curle at Carlisle United are currently the only non-white managers in English football.

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