Australia - Soccer dad banned for Jewish slur

Maroubra United Soccer Club Inc.

A junior soccer player's dad has been banned from the game after yelling "you should all have been wiped out during the war" at parents from a rival Jewish club.

And a football association appeals committee has also "strongly recommended" that Peter Quigley tour the Sydney Jewish Museum with a Holocaust survivor after his outburst during an Under-16s game last year.

Mr Quigley, a registered team official and father of a junior player at the Maroubra United Soccer Club, was suspended from all football-related activities for six weeks by an appeals committee of the Eastern Suburbs Football Association.

Mr Quigley must also write a letter of apology to the referee of the match between Maccabi A, a Jewish side, and Maroubra, which are both part of the ESFA.

During the first half of the game, Mr Quigley complained to the referee on several occasions, to the point where the referee told him he was "blatantly destroying the game."

Mr Quigley admitted to yelling at the referee, who subsequently abandoned the game before the first half whistle.

After the game, an argument broke out between members of both side, where it is reported that one Maccabi parent was told, "look at your nose, it's half the size of your head."

Source: www.news.com.au

Date: February 28, 2008

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