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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 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 was criticised in February by black community groups for a perceived lack of action over the Uruguayan striker's actions. | |
| 'Not really anti-gay' | |
| 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. |
| Antoine Zammit, editor of fans' blog Empire Of The Kop, said overall he thought it was a "good policy" but said he thought it was "excessive" to claim the phrases "man up" and "playing like a girl" were offensive. | |
| He also took issue with "rent boy" being in the guide. | |
| Mr Zammit said: "Rent boy is just another term for male prostitute; while it could offend the individual it is not really an anti-gay term. | |
| "This term is sometimes used to describe the players whose high salaries and lack of loyalty make them like prostitutes." | |
| '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." | |
| 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." |