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Angry Everton fans want The S*n banned from Goodison Park after Kelvin MacKenzie attack on Ross Barkley

Furious Blues across social media on Friday have called for The S*n to finally be banned from attending matches at Goodison Park after their former editor Kelvin MacKenzie launched a verbal attack on Ross Barkley.

On Friday - the eve of the 28th anniversary of the disaster - despised ex-editor of the reviled newspaper MacKenzie labelled Barkley "thick" after the Everton midfielder was physically assaulted in a city-centre bar last week.

He wrote: "The reality is that at £60,000 a week and being both thick and single, he is an attractive catch in the Liverpool area, where the only men with similar pay packets are drug dealers and are therefore not at nightclubs, as they are often guests of Her Majesty."

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/angry-everton-fans-want-sn-12894684

Amazing that Everton have not banned them yet!

Doesn't look like anybody on a LFC forum would give a [oops]

Disgraceful article by an ignorant racist. It was an attack not only on Barkley but on the people of Liverpool.

I don't think anyone is really surprised given that rags history.

The incident in the nightclub happened last sunday and McKenzie decides to write the article to go in on the eve of The Hillsborough anniversary, 5 days later?
Obviously done to get more shock value...

UPDATE!

Kelvin MacKenzie: ‘Beyond parody’ to call article about Ross Barkley racist

http://sport.bt.com/football/mayor-repor...S11364173234464

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson reported the article to police, claiming it contained “a racial slur” about the Everton player.
Suspended Sun columnist Kelvin MacKenzie has said it is “beyond parody” for critics to describe his controversial article about Everton footballer Ross Barkley as “racist”.

News UK suspended him from the tabloid with immediate effect after Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson spoke to police about Friday’s column.

@mayor_anderson Reported McKenzie&the S*n for their racist slur on Ross Barkley and the people of Liverpool to Merseyside Police&press complaints commission

— Joe Anderson (@mayor_anderson) April 14, 2017

The article was headlined “Here’s why they go ape at Ross”, alongside a close-up photograph of Barkley’s eyes above the eyes of a gorilla.

England midfielder Barkley, 23, has a Nigerian grandfather, which MacKenzie claimed he did not know about.

Sorry to share the Sun but it is important for people to see just how despicable the publshed Mackenzie article is. pic.twitter.com/5X0l9qlEQl

— Joe Anderson (@mayor_anderson) April 14, 2017

Mr MacKenzie wrote in the column: “Perhaps unfairly, I have always judged Ross Barkley as one of our dimmest footballers. There is something about the lack of reflection in his eyes which makes me certain not only are the lights not on, there is definitely nobody at home.

“I get a similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo. The physique is magnificent but it’s the eyes that tell the story.

“So it came as no surprise to me that the Everton star copped a nasty right-hander in a nightclub for allegedly eyeing up an attractive young lady who, as they say, was ‘spoken for’.

“The reality is that at £60,000 a week and being both thick and single, he is an attractive catch in the Liverpool area, where the only men with similar pay packets are drug dealers and therefore not at nightclubs, as they are often guests of Her Majesty.”

Mr MacKenzie told the Press Association: “I had no idea of Ross Barkley’s family background and nor did anybody else. For the mayor of Liverpool and a handful of others to describe the article as racist is beyond parody.”

News UK described Mr MacKenzie’s comments in his column as “wrong” and “unfunny”.

In a statement, News UK said: “The Sun apologises for the offence caused. The paper was unaware of Ross Barkley’s heritage and there was never any slur intended.”

Statement from News UK regarding Kelvin MacKenzie: pic.twitter.com/hBEEoMtRKh

— News UK (@NewsUK) April 14, 2017

Barkley was punched in a Liverpool bar last weekend in what his lawyer described as an “unprovoked attack”.

Mr Anderson dismissed Mr MacKenzie’s defence of his column, telling the Press Association: “It’s no defence, is it, just because he didn’t know – he should have found out, as if he was calling himself a professional journalist. To call it a parody or whatever is a just nonsense – he’s a parody of a journalist.”

Burnley midfielder Joey Barton, who was an Everton youth player, tweeted: “Those comments about Ross Barkley, a young working class lad are disgusting. Then add in the fact he is mixed race! It’s becomes outrageous.”

Everybody knows the authors relationship with the city. He simply has to be held accountable for these words. It's an absolute disgrace.

— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) April 14, 2017

How does this stuff pass editorial/legal scrutiny in the UK in 2017?

— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) April 14, 2017

Do NewsUK not proof read what goes in their rags before they go to print?

can they read????

How can they say the comments are “wrong” and “unfunny”, but they publish them???

This kunt needs to be fukking silenced for good. I will gladly queue all night to spit on his grave when he dies. Let's hope that day comes soon.

i hope the few very bitter blues who buy that evil nasty publication now get it about that publication and mc kenzie as it has now hit home , just vile and disgusting .

This sick c*nt needs jail time for the sick twisted sh*t he's done and been an accomplice to whilst under the guise of a journalist.

I'd like to also see advertisers drop using The S*n and bury this sh*tty piece of trash rag for good.

I'd also like to see The FA & Premier League step in and force any media outlets using McKenzie to drop him otherwise they are not welcome at any games or events in the UK!