Dylan Bettencourt
Umqeqeshi wabangaphansi kweminyaka eyi-18 we-Skelmersdale United e-UK uvinjelwe futhi wahlawuliswa ngokumelana nokuhlukunyezwa kwabantu abanobungqingili njengoba iqembu lakhe like labhekana nokuhlukumezeka ngesikhathi sokulungiselela isizini.
UDarren Wildman ubephethe umdlalo wangaphambilini wesizini ebhekene noPrestwich Heys, ngenkathi omunye wabadlali bakhe ethola ukuhlukunyezwa kwabantu abathandanayo bobulili obufanayo kulandela inselelo enkulu ngaphambi nje kwekhefu.
Ngemuva kokuzwa ngokuhlukumeza, uWildman nethimba lakhe labaqeqeshi bathathe isinqumo sokuphuma enkundleni. Ngemuva kokuqhubeka nezingxoxo, iqembu lakhe linqume ukungabuyeli enkundleni ngesiwombe sesibili.
Lesi senzo sithathwe njengenkomba yokuthi yena nethimba lakhe ngeke babekezelele ukuhlukunyezwa kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo.
I-Liverpool County Football Association selokhu yabeka imenenja icala, ngokudala ukushiywa komdlalo.
UWildman uzinikele emdlalweni webhola cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu kanti lesi sinqumo simcabangise ngekusasa lakhe kulo mdlalo.
“Ngenziwa ngazizwa nginephutha ngokususa abadlali enkundleni nokuthi umdlalo ubungaqhubeka,” kusho uWildman etshela i-Sky Sports.
“Kuyithinte kakhulu impilo yami yengqondo. Sengineminyaka engama-30 ngisebenza futhi ngikulo mdlalo njengomdlali nomqeqeshi, kodwa manje ngisacabanga ukuthi ngiyafuna yini ukuqhubeka ngemuva kwale sizini noma cha,” esho.
Lo mqeqeshi uqhubeke wathi kuyamthusa ukuthi izinhlangano zebhola zithi zenza konke okusemandleni ukulwa nokuziphatha okubandlululayo, kodwa uma umuntu emelana nakho, uyajeziswa.
“I-Liverpool County FA izibophezele ekubhekaneni nokuhlukunyezwa nokuziphatha okubandlululayo futhi igxeka kakhulu noma yiziphi izenzo zalolu hlobo,” kusho isitatimende.
I-Skinmersdale United kulindeleke ukuthi isiphikise lesi sinqumo ezinsukwini ezizayo.
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