Now before becoming England manager, Southgate was a soccer player himself, in the early 1990s and 2000s, and witnessed firsthand the racist abuse his colleagues of color were subjected to, with monkey chants being screamed at them during matches, and banana peels thrown onto the pitch.
Antes de ser director técnico, Southgate era jugador de fútbol, a principios de la década del 1990 y 2000, y fue testigo directo del racismo al que sus colegas no blancos eran sometidos. Imitaban gritos simiescos durante los partidos y les tiraban cáscaras de plátano al campo.