LONDON: Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom says football is the 鈥渨orst sport鈥� for racism, calling for tougher punishments to stamp out abuse.
United goalkeeper Wes Foderingham took to Instagram to reveal he had suffered from 鈥渞acism and family threats鈥� after last week鈥檚 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
Heckingbottom revealed police have spoken to the former Rangers keeper about the incident, which he said reflected a larger problem in society.
鈥淵ou can say it鈥檚 all social media and people are tough on there and they can say what they want,鈥� he said on Friday. 鈥淵ou can take it away, but it is deeper than that because it鈥檚 inside people.鈥�
He added: 鈥淚t鈥檚 sad 鈥� I think we are the worst sport for it. I don鈥檛 know if it鈥檚 the profile but we are the ones who get the most.
鈥淭here have been big improvements, in society and our game, so we have to just continue being harder and stronger and every time we get a prosecution let鈥檚 make those punishments harder.鈥�
The Blades take on Newcastle on Sunday aiming for their first victory of the season.
They were minutes away from winning at Tottenham last week before conceding two goals deep into stoppage time.