{"id":353148,"date":"2011-03-31T13:58:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T13:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/ghana-supporters-group-wants-english-fa-action-over-cole-immigration-joke\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T13:58:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T13:58:35","slug":"ghana-supporters-group-wants-english-fa-action-over-cole-immigration-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ghana-supporters-group-wants-english-fa-action-over-cole-immigration-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Supporters Group Wants English Fa Action Over Cole Immigration Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"90\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ghfans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26282\" title=\"Ghana supporters wants English FA action over Cole immigration joke\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/34effea5ans-300x224.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana supporters have called on the English FA to punish Carlton Cole for his immigration jibe at Black Stars fans at Wembley.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Passionate: Ghana fans created a brilliant atmosphere at Wembley on Tuesday  Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-1371479\/Carlton-Cole-removes-racist-jokes-Twitter-England-v-Ghana-match.html#ixzz1IBXZm18p<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana supporters have called on the English FA to punish Carlton Cole for his immigration jibe at Black Stars fans at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide Supporters Union of Ghana (NSU) also wants the Ghana FA to raise the issue with itsEnglish counterparts who hosted Tuesday friendly between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, who was born to Nigerian parents, caused controversy on Twitter after making ill-advised immigration jokes about the Ghanaians at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>NSU says the West Ham player must be reprimanded by the English FA especially when he\u2019s an England international.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis comment was not a joke but an attack on all the people of Ghana all over the world,\u201d Abdul Aziz Haruna president of NSU told GHANAsoccernet.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Stars fans travelled from Ghana, all over the UK and other parts of the world to watch this game and support their country and give some money to the English economy.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b1b4535ccole.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26283\" title=\"Ghana supporters group wants English FA action over Cole immigration joke\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b1b4535ccole.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Cole's jokes about Ghana on his twitter page\" width=\"468\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cole&#8217;s jokes about Ghana on his twitter page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo suggest that the Ghanaians who attended the game are illegals or seeking to stay in UK is an insult therefore the English FA and the Ghana FA must act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we thronged the stadium to give Wembley the best atmosphere it has ever seen and then Cole slaps us in the face with this sick joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe English FA must take action and stop stereotyping and jokes that can spark unnecessary tension between two friendly and football loving countries.<\/p>\n<p>The West Ham striker posted several comments during England\u2019s 1-1 draw in the friendly match on Tuesday night \u2013 all of which he has now removed after he was inundated with criticism and complaints from a large section of his followers.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, Cole wrote: \u2018Immigration has surrounded the wembley premises! I knew it was a trap! Hahahaha\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The England international, who wasn\u2019t involved in the game, then posted: \u2018The only way to get out safely is to wear an england jersey and paint your face w\/ the St. George\u2019s\u2019flag!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Realising that his comments were causing offence, Cole tweeted: \u2018To my ghanian brothers dont take it so seriously, its just jokes! You\u2019ve played well! Done africa proud!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There were around 20,000 Ghana fans at Wembley for the match, which was considered to be one of the most successful friendly games in years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/34effea5ans-300x224.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/ghana-supporters-group-wants-english-fa-action-over-cole-immigration-joke\/\" title=\"Ghana Supporters Group Wants English Fa Action Over Cole Immigration Joke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana Supporters Group Wants English Fa Action Over Cole Immigration Joke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Passionate: Ghana fans created a brilliant atmosphere at Wembley on Tuesday Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-1371479\/Carlton-Cole-removes-racist-jokes-Twitter-England-v-Ghana-match.html#ixzz1IBXZm18p Ghana supporters have called on the English FA to punish Carlton Cole for his immigration jibe at Black Stars fans at Wembley. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana Supporters Group Wants English Fa Action Over Cole Immigration Joke - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ghana-supporters-group-wants-english-fa-action-over-cole-immigration-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana Supporters Group Wants English Fa Action Over Cole Immigration Joke - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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