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| Liverpool FC staff get insults guide to curb fans' abuse | Liverpool FC staff get insults guide to curb fans' abuse |
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| Liverpool Football Club staff have been issued with a guide to unacceptable language so they can help eradicate verbal abuse from fans. | Liverpool Football Club staff have been issued with a guide to unacceptable language so they can help eradicate verbal abuse from fans. |
| The handbook highlights "offensive" phrases including "don't be a woman", "play like a girl" and "that's gay". | |
| The club said they wanted to stamp out slurs against race, religion, sexual orientation, gender and disability. | The club said they wanted to stamp out slurs against race, religion, sexual orientation, gender and disability. |
| Player Luis Suarez was found to have racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a game last year. | Player Luis Suarez was found to have racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a game last year. |
| The club were criticised in February by black community groups for a perceived lack of action. | The club were criticised in February by black community groups for a perceived lack of action. |
| Liverpool's players receive their own guidance as part of a separate Premier League programme. | Liverpool's players receive their own guidance as part of a separate Premier League programme. |
| 'Positive step' | 'Positive step' |
| Social inclusion officer Rishi Jain said the club had been "actively engaged in an education and awareness programme". | Social inclusion officer Rishi Jain said the club had been "actively engaged in an education and awareness programme". |
| "This programme includes interactive workshops and a handbook which is designed to provide information on the latest equality legislation including what terminology is deemed acceptable and unacceptable." | "This programme includes interactive workshops and a handbook which is designed to provide information on the latest equality legislation including what terminology is deemed acceptable and unacceptable." |
| He added it would help staff "take the necessary steps to ensure Anfield is free from all forms of discrimination". | He added it would help staff "take the necessary steps to ensure Anfield is free from all forms of discrimination". |
| Lord Herman Ouseley, chair of anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, said the guide was a positive step. | Lord Herman Ouseley, chair of anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, said the guide was a positive step. |
| He said Liverpool FC had taken "great strides" to tackle discrimination. | He said Liverpool FC had taken "great strides" to tackle discrimination. |
| "Match day stewards must be trained on dealing with incidents of discrimination and unacceptable behaviour in order to eradicate it from our stadiums." | "Match day stewards must be trained on dealing with incidents of discrimination and unacceptable behaviour in order to eradicate it from our stadiums." |