By Carys Baptist
November 18 2004

Jermaine Jenas has today spoken out about his anger towards racist fans after the treatment they received whilst in Spain..........

Jermaine Jenas has today spoken out about his anger towards racist fans after the treatment they received whilst in Spain.

 

After being brought on as a sub in Last nights (Wednesday) International friendly Jenas and other black players were subjected to a tirade of abuse from the Spanish supporters.

 

It seems Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright Phillips were the main targets of the abuse but as they were not the only black players on the pitch the effect was far worse.

 

Racism should not be apparent in today’s game of football, neither on the pitch nor in the stands. There are several campaigns launched to combat the problem, the main one being “Kick It Out,” but still this happens.

 

"I was very surprised,

It was not nice to hear such chants going on. I didn't realise the people in Spain were like that. It was very ignorant and wrong. It was disgraceful.

That was the worst I have ever experienced. I have encountered it before when playing for Newcastle in Europe but last night was the worst. Something has to be done or else it will continue to happen. It has to stop somewhere.

Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips were very disappointed about what happened.

Ashley is very upset, he was not happy about the abuse he got. I just hope Uefa do not just let it slide by because it is not something that should be taken lightly.

I hope it doesn't get brushed under the carpet. The only thing you can see happening is to ban people from games or don't let them in the stadium."

 

Tuesday night players in England’s Under 21 side were also taunted by the same chants, mainly directed at Carlton Cole and Darren Bent, which lead the FA to send a letter of complaint to UEFA

 

This comes just a day after Spanish Coach Luis Aragones launched an attack on the English for being racist, after reference to a conversation he had with Arsenal and Spanish International Reyes about his Highbury teammate Thierry Henry.