NLP: Anwar, what are the diversity challenges football is facing?
AU: It’s almost like a new pool of work for football, due to investment, is now looking at seriously. From a personal perspective, I played at Bradford six years in a row when I was at Dagenham and Bar net. They were in the same league as us and had 15,000 every single week. The club is surrounded by a huge Bangladeshi community.
I’m no Jamie Vardy, but I thought if I was playing at Valley Parade and I’m Bangladeshi, surely that is a reason for the local community to say, ‘I don’t go to football,...