John Yems

The now banned former Crawley Town manager 'came across to the victims and others as offensive, racist and Islamophobic' but lacked intent, says the ...

Mr Yems simply paid no regard to the distress which his misplaced jocularity was causing.” ‘What will it mean for my future at the club? Will it impact my career if I say something?’

The governing body are facing a major backlash against against the report, that was made public on Tuesday, in relation to the investigation into Yems' ...

The recruitment process started in October and interviews have taken place, with the FA said to be making progress in sourcing candidates to replace John. Anti-discriminatory body Kick it Out have also criticised the independent commission’s report on Yems. The independent regulatory commission decided on an 18-month ban for the 12 charges which it upheld or was admitted.

Former football manager John Yems described Muslim members of the squad as "terrorists" and used racial stereotypes towards players at Crawley Town between ...

"What we can say is the behaviour is appalling and it needs to be dealt with. "What this says to me in the way this report is structured, is that football has a problem with behaviours. But we have to take this turning point really seriously and use it as a baseline to drive appropriate behaviours across the game of football. "I don't know John Yems, but unless the FA are channelling some sort of superpower that I'm not aware of, they have no jurisdiction and they're actually not qualified to assess whether any individual is a racist or not. Mr Yems simply paid no regard to the distress which his misplaced jocularity was causing." Former football manager John Yems described Muslim members of the squad as "terrorists" and used racial stereotypes towards players at Crawley Town between 2019 and 2022.

An independent regulatory commission found John Yems guilty of 12 discriminatory comments - including using Arnold Schwarzenegger's name to emphasise the ...

“There was a considerable weight of evidence to the effect that Mr Yems was in the habit of, in his perception, cracking jokes which were perceived as racist by those who were the butt of the jokes. Nor did he give any thought at all to the likely reaction of others to the language he used. But the written reasons added: “We are confident that Mr Yems as a person is not a racist. Yems was also found to have told an Iraqi player that he “would probably blow up the stadium” and repeatedly referred to another player having “a bomb in his bag”. Mr Yems simply paid no regard to the distress which his misplaced jocularity was causing.” He also repeatedly asked African players if they ate jerk chicken, despite being reminded more than once that it is a Jamaican dish, and referred to Black members of his squad as “Zulu warriors”.

Yems was handed a 15-month ban after admitting to one charge and being found guilty of 11 others.

“In sport, normal employment practices often seem not to apply. The behaviour outlined in the report must be called out for exactly what it is, racism and Islamophobia. The independent regulatory commission decided on an 18-month ban for the 12 charges which it upheld or was admitted. The governing body said in an earlier statement on Wednesday: “The FA brought 16 charges of discrimination against John Yems. It will discourage future whistleblowers. We do not share that viewpoint.