Anti-racism campaigner Troy Townsend has attacked Brighton and Hove Albion after they sacked Chris Hughton as manager.
Hughton's dismissal means there are now no black or ethnic minority managers working in the Premier League.
Townsend, who is head of anti-racism charity Kick It Out's mentoring and leadership work, told the Telegraph: 'We are now at worse than square one.
'People took my words out of context when [ex-West Brom manager] Darren Moore was sacked. What people don't understand is the real difficulties for black managers getting through the bottle neck at the top of football. We are talking about measly numbers.'
Hughton took charge of Brighton on New Year's Eve 2014 and took them from the Championship relegation zone to the Premier League after a 34-year top flight absence.
However he was sacked on Monday despite Brighton avoiding relegation, following a run of three wins in 23 games.
Sosst
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I agree!!! Why would he be sacked? He kept them in the league!
zombiiii
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we blacks must now stop undermining ourselves.if something bad happens to a black person we rush to say it is racism forgetting that the same things also happen to white people, I think it's time now to see that being black is not a reason for failure.If a black person is booed we say they are monkey chants...even bale is white but still he is booed...so stop this nonsense
puucknu
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Well, but he's saved Brighton from relegation. massive respect.