Ron Atkinson - Big Ron - Am I A Racist? - BBC documentary

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  • Ron Atkinson - Big Ron - Am I A Racist? - BBC documentary

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  • @Weirjetwashing
    @Weirjetwashing 4 роки тому +315

    The absolute irony of max clifford talking about someone being in the wrong 😂😂😂😂

  • @motherflange
    @motherflange 2 роки тому +263

    Just imagine if Big Ron was the commentator during the England/Italy Euro final penalty shoot-out. The airwaves would have sounded like an NWA record.

    • @sookmajoaby
      @sookmajoaby 2 роки тому +1

      🐑

    • @gashscumkar6909
      @gashscumkar6909 Рік тому +13

      Hahahaha funniest comment on this video

    • @andrewisotope8146
      @andrewisotope8146 Рік тому +10

      The arrangement of players taking those penalties was absolutely disgusting, politics got priority over an England victory and that's why the England team will never win nothing ever again? Southgate threw it away,, proof of that was choosing a youngster who'd never taken a penalty in his life, mind you it's not like it was a huge game, I'm still disgusted by that result but the entire country never even had the guts to criticise all they could say was "wernt they unlucky?" Did you also hear how sad and sorry the 3 degrees were? I mean Stewart Peace was that down after 1990 he couldn't even give a urine sample for a drug test? But once again we lose a euro final at home! But nevermind the woman took time out from their shopping and cooking to win what looks like toy you'd get with an Hornblower action man.

    • @db0800
      @db0800 Рік тому

      @@andrewisotope8146 GS is a legend. Shove your flag up your ass

    • @raylouis9218
      @raylouis9218 Рік тому

      Utter nonsense.

  • @bobstar6837
    @bobstar6837 4 роки тому +71

    "Who wants tea, who wants coffee?" I will take a coffee Ron and make it black... " Not in my fookin house you won't!"

  • @robicenco1
    @robicenco1 4 роки тому +144

    This does feel like an Alan Partridge special.

  • @Buckblacket
    @Buckblacket 6 років тому +347

    Atkinson was quoted as saying "How can I be a racist? I drink gallons of Um Bongo and some of my best shoes are black"!

    • @littlebrayutd
      @littlebrayutd 5 років тому +12

      😂😂😂😂

    • @r4h4al
      @r4h4al 5 років тому +48

      He comes off terribly in this documentary it's like he's justifying being racist by making more racist comments and just keeps digging and digging so to speak.

    • @luckyboy407
      @luckyboy407 4 роки тому +10

      That's hilarious 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @awake3460
      @awake3460 4 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @dogshitonastick4008
      @dogshitonastick4008 4 роки тому +10

      He has a black cat too! Cant be racist 🙄

  • @BlueLeopard200
    @BlueLeopard200 4 роки тому +85

    "Apparently I made the alleged remark." Ron Atkinson
    Yeah the one on tape.

    • @michaelkitchin9665
      @michaelkitchin9665 4 роки тому +10

      "I didn't swear." Then Chiles pipes in saying he did. Amazing.

    • @socco69
      @socco69 4 роки тому +13

      It seems he's still in some state of denial. That's what's damaging to how he comes off in this documentary. "Apparently I made the alleged remark." and "I didn't swear." are comments that just indicate he still hasn't fully accepted and owned exactly what he said.

    • @andysmith8890
      @andysmith8890 3 роки тому +2

      @@socco69 yes because he is wrong on both counts....he is lying

    • @nigefal
      @nigefal 8 місяців тому

      @@socco69 One they didn't do which I am surprised they didn't was play what he said back to Ron. On the one hand he says he didn't remember saying it. Then on the other he says he didn't swear or alleged it happened.

  • @mrvarus8957
    @mrvarus8957 4 роки тому +93

    The most hilarious documentary i have ever seen.

    • @pauliepaul3697
      @pauliepaul3697 8 місяців тому

      And hypocritical at the same time very ironic really

    • @lakmeister
      @lakmeister 8 місяців тому

      Not if your black asshole!

    • @nickm8874
      @nickm8874 7 місяців тому +2

      @@pauliepaul3697you don’t really understand either of those words do you. Just Chuck em about and hope nobody notices

    • @pauliepaul3697
      @pauliepaul3697 7 місяців тому

      @@nickm8874 come down se London some time you might change your tune 🙄
      And I do understand them words believe me
      You wouldn't last a year in se London i wonder why hypocrite!

  • @liamjones9115
    @liamjones9115 4 роки тому +46

    When a completely random video shows up in your algorithm!
    And of course I will watch it in full

    • @fka_the_body1542
      @fka_the_body1542 4 роки тому +1

      It would be rude not too😏

    • @Onmysheet
      @Onmysheet 4 роки тому

      I'm trying to find the video where Olivia Lee gives him the middle finger at the golf course and he is just sitting there paralysed with anger. lol

    • @rs-vp7re
      @rs-vp7re 4 роки тому

      It's not a random algorithm

    • @liamjones9115
      @liamjones9115 4 роки тому +1

      @@rs-vp7re if you say so chief

    • @Spoonbill_88
      @Spoonbill_88 4 роки тому

      @@rs-vp7re ok nerd

  • @Bennyboy12
    @Bennyboy12 4 роки тому +155

    Atkinson himself faced a lot of prejudices for being orange in colour.

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 4 роки тому +3

      Pony boy Curtis LOL!

    • @mauriceguiney1200
      @mauriceguiney1200 4 роки тому +1

      Curtis.....🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Rezmund
      @Rezmund 4 роки тому +4

      Adored by oompa loompas the world over

    • @johnkeane5641
      @johnkeane5641 4 роки тому +1

      He's a cousin of the man from delmonte

    • @PabloM-ny1vd
      @PabloM-ny1vd 4 роки тому +1

      I thought he was more mahogany

  • @simoneconneff4086
    @simoneconneff4086 5 років тому +134

    I think Frank Skinner hits the nail on the head when he says "you can debate is Ron Atkinson racist but what he said about Marcel Desailly WAS racist". Attributing racism to words and actions is more constructive than arguing whether people are or aren't.

    • @racefirstunialondon3323
      @racefirstunialondon3323 4 роки тому

      RON IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST.

    • @MisAnnThorpe
      @MisAnnThorpe 4 роки тому +1

      @do br That is not what Simone Conneff was saying. Reading what your wrote, I would imagine that she has you down as a racist, sexist homophobe!

    • @phillipbrainy2578
      @phillipbrainy2578 4 роки тому +12

      Im openly racist and homophobic. And big Ron was right, Desailly was shite that night in Monaco

    • @glazersout6101
      @glazersout6101 4 роки тому +1

      Thats why Birmingham is a shithole

    • @Puppy-ew4be
      @Puppy-ew4be 4 роки тому +1

      @@racefirstunialondon3323 Retarded comment. Well done, nob 'ead

  • @bigt5512
    @bigt5512 4 роки тому +77

    “It was a black day”
    “Shouldn’t say that really should I”
    effin hell!

    • @Noresearchneeded
      @Noresearchneeded 4 роки тому +1

      Bigt 55 🤦‍♂️

    • @brayo001
      @brayo001 4 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @shaunb9876
      @shaunb9876 4 роки тому +11

      I pissed myself laughing at that bit 😂

    • @forrestblevins6852
      @forrestblevins6852 3 роки тому

      Jeeeeeesus

    • @joankersting2358
      @joankersting2358 2 роки тому +1

      Don’t be daft! Race hatred is easy to spot, always coming from an ignorant boob deeply insecure. Some things are quite simple.

  • @michae13james10
    @michae13james10 4 роки тому +122

    “Do you define yourself as English first
    Or Jamaican first ? “
    “ neither ..... I define myself as John Barnes”

    • @johannesvonsaaz3987
      @johannesvonsaaz3987 4 роки тому +4

      That was class like

    • @DB-qj5kt
      @DB-qj5kt 4 роки тому +15

      Bet if he couldn’t make the England team he’d be Jamaican

    • @johnkeane5641
      @johnkeane5641 4 роки тому

      I like john he's a nice guy i met him in Amsterdam years ago he liked the ladies

    • @johnkeane5641
      @johnkeane5641 4 роки тому +5

      @@DB-qj5kt but he did make the England team

    • @johnkeane5641
      @johnkeane5641 4 роки тому +1

      And your point is ?

  • @thomasob1492
    @thomasob1492 5 років тому +14

    This is the best piece of television ever made haha

  • @rossboyer8879
    @rossboyer8879 5 років тому +167

    Being with Chelsea fans before the Monaco game obviously rubbed off on him

    • @developer101
      @developer101 4 роки тому +6

      Ross Boyer so true...

    • @alanjohnson4637
      @alanjohnson4637 4 роки тому +1

      A number of the Chelsea fans probably rubbed off on him too .....

    • @1958david1
      @1958david1 4 роки тому +1

      What bag of shit do you support then?

    • @pjthapa4162
      @pjthapa4162 4 роки тому +5

      A few fans are Racist. Not everyone.

    • @WorldCupWillie
      @WorldCupWillie 4 роки тому

      Not all, but a lot.
      ua-cam.com/video/zBeeZVd6urI/v-deo.html

  • @jasminej2844
    @jasminej2844 4 роки тому

    Wow we’ve come along way!!

  • @sammyod101
    @sammyod101 4 роки тому +36

    I think the N word is used more in this documentary than a Snoop Dogg record or maybe even a Tarantino movie

  • @andyhornhornhorn
    @andyhornhornhorn 5 років тому +86

    Ron reminds me of Feech Lamanna from The Sopranos

    • @pickleboy487
      @pickleboy487 5 років тому +4

      I thought frank Lopez if he had an 80s stache

    • @irieite9666
      @irieite9666 5 років тому +9

      "This Gardiner..... Does he trim the hair on your balls too?"

    • @Scallion_D
      @Scallion_D 5 років тому +2

      @@pickleboy487 lol. Good shout.

    • @peterfawkes350
      @peterfawkes350 5 років тому +2

      agreed

    • @gar651527
      @gar651527 4 роки тому +7

      Now do yourself a fucking favour.....

  • @barrymcmahon469
    @barrymcmahon469 4 роки тому +27

    "Thrown it away by sheer stupidity" You said it Ron!

    • @MisAnnThorpe
      @MisAnnThorpe 4 роки тому

      Yes, but the real stupidity was agreeing to make this hatchet job of a "documentary" and believing that those ever so unbiased peadophiles at the PPC would give him a fair hearing. Otherwise, given a few years, most people (like you) would've forgotten all about "Racist Ron" and he would probably have been rehabilitated.

  • @da_great_mogul
    @da_great_mogul 7 місяців тому

    Atkinson football career highlight... hitting the post. Legend!

  • @albertg63
    @albertg63 4 роки тому +11

    Watching this in 2020 with my jaw on the table! 🤯

    • @corpgov
      @corpgov 4 роки тому +5

      they wantonly say the n word as if we need constant clarification

    • @scruffmcgruff03
      @scruffmcgruff03 4 роки тому +1

      @@corpgov call the pc police mr brown person

  • @alanthe2
    @alanthe2 4 роки тому +31

    That was the strangest opening segment for a documentary on such a serious a topic as this.

  • @nicknack3648
    @nicknack3648 Рік тому +25

    Funniest documentary ive seen in a long time 😂

    • @TheIkaraCult
      @TheIkaraCult Рік тому +6

      "This is a museum of racist memorobilia, if Ron is tired of hearing the N word, this is probably the last place he should be"
      I was dying when I heard that one 😂

  • @markt804
    @markt804 4 роки тому +58

    This documentary did more more bad than good and probably drove the last nail home in Ron's career.

    • @daveeol1987
      @daveeol1987 4 роки тому +4

      Haha the old bring him back in from the cold routine didn't pan out too well

    • @AnthonyMonaghan
      @AnthonyMonaghan 3 роки тому +7

      Good.

    • @sas22thebest48
      @sas22thebest48 2 роки тому +7

      Exactly, made the truth of his attitude come swimming to the surface

    • @CARLIN4737
      @CARLIN4737 2 роки тому +1

      Thats a bit Iffy?

    • @jonjone661
      @jonjone661 2 місяці тому

      “Either had to be all or nothing for my money.”

  • @melvyns1975
    @melvyns1975 4 роки тому +76

    Throughout the whole program I just felt he was bitter for getting caught and didnt really seem apologetic

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 3 роки тому +3

      He is not racist imo

    • @melvyns1975
      @melvyns1975 3 роки тому +5

      @@sugs1191 so racially insulting someone doesn't mean you're a racist?

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 3 роки тому +2

      @@melvyns1975 no

    • @neillp3827
      @neillp3827 3 роки тому +6

      @@melvyns1975 there is a difference between racially discriminating against people in life and work and making an ignorant thick comment maybe to curry favour with the company your in.

    • @sas22thebest48
      @sas22thebest48 2 роки тому

      So true, bitter , arrogant, and showed no remorse

  • @powdergangereddie3413
    @powdergangereddie3413 4 роки тому +6

    Lmao 😂 this doco had me rollin

  • @grassrootsfootball225
    @grassrootsfootball225 Рік тому +3

    Big Ron will always have swagger

  • @CbrigBear87
    @CbrigBear87 4 роки тому

    love you BIG RON

  • @robertsellwood421
    @robertsellwood421 4 роки тому

    Love ron great guy

  • @BillyBronco73
    @BillyBronco73 4 роки тому +41

    Somebody should have told Ron to stop digging.

  • @TonyHavenMusic
    @TonyHavenMusic 4 роки тому +48

    When Max Clifford is taking a morale high ground over you, you know you messed up 😂

    • @rohithraman6488
      @rohithraman6488 10 місяців тому +2

      Also when Garth Crooks is calling someone stupid

  • @tomcunners9887
    @tomcunners9887 2 роки тому +2

    This is TV heaven.

  • @lovelondon806
    @lovelondon806 4 роки тому +38

    And this is when I apparently made the alleged remark......... he couldn’t give a toss

    • @garethcullen9604
      @garethcullen9604 4 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @forrestblevins6852
      @forrestblevins6852 3 роки тому +1

      “This is where I was when I uttered that aberration.” Oh that was the only time I’ve ever said that in my life. I don’t even remember saying it. Doesn’t seem like he does

  • @adamgoodman6232
    @adamgoodman6232 8 років тому +56

    Ron Atkinson "put black footballers on the map in the U.K.", NO DOUBT about that,
    and ACTIONS speak louder than WORDS.

    • @southhemitv5913
      @southhemitv5913 5 років тому +5

      yeah but werent the black footballers told to sit seperately fromthe white players ?

    • @leemorris2924
      @leemorris2924 5 років тому +4

      @@southhemitv5913 No.

    • @briansmith-jones4630
      @briansmith-jones4630 5 років тому +13

      Really...well being called the N word is a word bigger than action

    • @kebabtank
      @kebabtank 4 роки тому

      @@bfc3057 Evidence please.

    • @PabloM-ny1vd
      @PabloM-ny1vd 4 роки тому +1

      He’s just a big white supremacist softy

  • @EDFilmsUK
    @EDFilmsUK 3 роки тому +9

    16:58 “The two coloured players combining beautifully there”
    Imagine if they said that now...

  • @bigt5512
    @bigt5512 4 роки тому

    Imagine itv putting this on the tv tonight!!!

  • @theodorebundy2234
    @theodorebundy2234 4 роки тому +4

    The music is ace

  • @nickm8874
    @nickm8874 7 місяців тому +3

    I just wasn’t prepared for the whole American radio bit. Honestly what were they thinking? Absolute comedy gold
    He came back more angry and more indignant hahaha

  • @AnonymousSuperTuber
    @AnonymousSuperTuber 2 роки тому +11

    Ron is a legend

  • @billyboyboxing35
    @billyboyboxing35 4 роки тому +1

    In one word! Yes ron

  • @andythompson7345
    @andythompson7345 4 роки тому

    Anyone know the song that's used at the very beginning?

  • @1ironmikeoc
    @1ironmikeoc 4 роки тому +23

    it is actually enjoyable to see the producers haul him from place to place to try to reeducate him on what he has done. currently at 25 minutes and they have stuck him on a plane to the US to find out about the word he used

    • @irieite9666
      @irieite9666 2 роки тому +4

      I just think its hilarious that this attempt to build back his reputation failed so spectacularly lol.
      At one stage he kind of equates saying "this is a black day" to saying "Desailly is a lazy thick n****" lmao

    • @CARLIN4737
      @CARLIN4737 2 роки тому +3

      He just dosnt get it and is completely ignorant to what even racism is?

    • @albertupardsnipec5988
      @albertupardsnipec5988 Рік тому +2

      ​@@irieite9666 this wasn't an attempt to build back his reputation, it was an effort to destroy the man, culminating in race-hustler in chief Darcus Howe telling him to scrub Rio Ferdinand's boots.

  • @spudthejackrussell86
    @spudthejackrussell86 2 роки тому +32

    If this was meant to support the fact he’s not a racist then it has backfired !!!
    So much self pity and an apology that is only said in the hope his career is resurrected, the bloke interviewing him at the end is absolutely spot on and deserves a pint 🍻

    • @jamiejosh96
      @jamiejosh96 8 місяців тому

      Oh have a day off, the race baiting nutter deserves credit

    • @gruphenio6787
      @gruphenio6787 8 місяців тому +1

      Adrian Chiles…that guy made the odd racist comment in his football commentary, and also got sacked.

  • @theanonymousdriller865
    @theanonymousdriller865 4 роки тому +1

    What's the song? @ 0:00 to 0:20 please

  • @cegb551
    @cegb551 4 роки тому +53

    A lot of people think like big Ron, they just hide it better.

    • @festavision
      @festavision 4 роки тому

      Negative mentality.

    • @Seanc74
      @Seanc74 4 роки тому +2

      of all races.

    • @cegb551
      @cegb551 4 роки тому +6

      Scruffy Sandra Of course they are, but I’ve NEVER been with any of my black mates and heard them shout anti white stuff at any white person. Oh the other hand, the amount of times I’ve been called names by random white boys/males is quite a lot.. My parents didn’t raise me to dislike people based on race/religion.. I’m proud of that.

    • @cegb551
      @cegb551 4 роки тому

      BFC have you ever been to America and spoken to blacks over there?? Ever been to South Africa and spoken to blacks over there..?? I have, and guess what??? West Indies not so much.

    • @cegb551
      @cegb551 4 роки тому +1

      Scruffy Sandra my parents came to the uk back in the 60’s, as teenagers.. Worked hard all their lives, my mum still does 💪🏿. They taught us from a young age what we would face from white people, and they weren’t wrong. They also told us to rise above it, study/work hard and to TRY and get along with everyone. They also taught us that names don’t hurt, but if someone puts their hands on you...

  • @markellsamuels5991
    @markellsamuels5991 10 місяців тому +41

    I'm black and my brother used to play for Aston Villa, I met Big Ron one evening at Villa Park with my dad & Mr Atkinson couldn't have been more warm, kind, friendly & accommodating if he tried. As I've gotten older and have had a lot of experiences in my life with regards to colour I've learnt not to throw Racism at every incident involving stupidity & race and believe me there are a lot of stupid people out there. I tend to judge people on their intent and not what comes out of their mouths, we all say a lot of stupid shit, I called someone a stupid faggot the other day cuz they broke a string on my guitar not thinking for a moment that I have gay friends & how would they feel if they heard me say that. What made me really mad with big Ron was his comments afterwards when he said I can't be racist I've signed black players & I have many black friends, note to white people never say this to a black person because even the white slave owner had black slaves working in his house. If I could have given him any advice at the time it would have been ' say sorry, shut the fuck up & move on.

    • @NeroAngelo616
      @NeroAngelo616 8 місяців тому

      You fat stinking hypocrite. It's concerning to you when you think if you were do it but if Ron sticks to his guns and shows his innocence it's different then. Woke culture in a nutshell. This whole thing has been an entire black comedy.

    • @CaymanIslandsCatWalks
      @CaymanIslandsCatWalks 8 місяців тому +1

      I met him in Dubai and gotta say the same about him.
      Up the villa!

    • @garethpauljones1
      @garethpauljones1 8 місяців тому

      Great comment Mark.

    • @kdlofty
      @kdlofty 8 місяців тому +1

      Brilliant mature and open answer. Looking at your name was your brother J Lloyd?

    • @eire3215
      @eire3215 8 місяців тому +2

      Well said Mark...i dont think there was any malice in what he said cos hes a big joker really. Life of the party..its sad this ruined his job life.

  • @muntari82
    @muntari82 4 роки тому +40

    "His mum is somewhere in Africa watching it from a tree" effing hell

    • @deeeeeeeench1209
      @deeeeeeeench1209 4 роки тому +1

      sulley muntari back home. Never said Africa

    • @deeeeeeeench1209
      @deeeeeeeench1209 4 роки тому

      Jack Evans yep it's in the context of the joke not in the opinion facts remain facts this guy assumed he meant Africa and so did you. Where does she actually live?

    • @deeeeeeeench1209
      @deeeeeeeench1209 4 роки тому

      Jack Evans yup what lives in a tree then?

    • @deeeeeeeench1209
      @deeeeeeeench1209 4 роки тому

      Jack Evans BIRDS

    • @deeeeeeeench1209
      @deeeeeeeench1209 4 роки тому

      Jack Evans most common birds but bravo 👏

  • @mikehinton9079
    @mikehinton9079 9 місяців тому

    Legend

  • @jamesvickers5998
    @jamesvickers5998 4 роки тому +55

    Ron's defence seems to be based solely on that he brought through "the three degrees" at WBA thus helping to breakdown racial barriers in sports, and that he was the only manager doing it. The trouble is that it's not really true: Ron didn't sign Regis or Cunningham for Albion, they were already there, though he did sign Batson (who was with him at Cambridge) and later Remi Moses. Ron saw a great marketing opportunity to put his club in the public eye with the three degrees nickname and the legend of Ron being a racial pioneer was born. As for other clubs in the late 70s: Man City had Roger Palmer, Dave Bennett, Gary Bennett and Alex Williams; Port Vale had Neville and Mark Chamberlain, later Mark Bright; Chris Hughton then Garth Crookes at Spurs, Luther Blisset and John Barnes at Watford, Ricky Hill and Brian Stein at Luton, George Berry and Bob Hazel at Wolves, so Ron was far from the only one.

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 4 роки тому +1

      Used to watch Roger Palmer at Maine road

    • @jamesvickers5998
      @jamesvickers5998 4 роки тому

      @@mcfcguvnors any good?

    • @normanby100
      @normanby100 3 роки тому +1

      Leeds beat them all with Albert Johanson. Dirty Leeds were quite woke for their time.

    • @jamesvickers5998
      @jamesvickers5998 3 роки тому +2

      @@normanby100 Paul Reaney too.

    • @johnkeane5641
      @johnkeane5641 Рік тому +1

      I saw Alex Williams painting his fence last week on didsbury road

  • @roblloyd6082
    @roblloyd6082 4 роки тому +22

    Car crash tv. The equivalent of big Ron having a motorway pile up.

  • @michaelhughes8413
    @michaelhughes8413 8 місяців тому

    All in all, a good watch. Thanks for posting

  • @junaldinho100
    @junaldinho100 4 роки тому +68

    As a black man I must say that I myself have used racial slurs, insults and jokes to other races, including myself. It’s pretty hypocritical that people are condemning others for using “racial slurs” when we’ve all done and said it.
    I’d be a massive hypocrite had I slated Atkinson for this

    • @alanbrady7116
      @alanbrady7116 4 роки тому +6

      Honesty.

    • @Hubertbebe93
      @Hubertbebe93 4 роки тому +2

      Priince Brvce_LUHG_ well done mate he never meant it he’s from a older time I don’t think what he sayed was rite it’s was rotten but he’s sayed his sorry and still getting slaughtered in 2020

    • @junaldinho100
      @junaldinho100 4 роки тому +2

      Dnomyar Akunawik I somewhat agree. However, if your apology is sincere, then I feel there’s no need to hold it against them for the rest of their lives.

    • @Hubertbebe93
      @Hubertbebe93 4 роки тому +2

      He was defo rong for what he sayed it’s rotten man

    • @idesireit31
      @idesireit31 4 роки тому +1

      Nope you're just a bounty

  • @kdlofty
    @kdlofty 7 років тому +13

    One of the cuff comment, does NOT make him a racist. Daft comment? Yes, Is he a racist? No.

    • @r4h4al
      @r4h4al 5 років тому

      Yes it does. Remember people were quick to hang John Terry out to dry when he said the N word which ironically wasn't racist at all, but that's another matter.

    • @kdlofty
      @kdlofty 4 роки тому

      @@r4h4al Did you actually the full John Terry comment? Not the edited one? Clearly not.

    • @r4h4al
      @r4h4al 4 роки тому

      @@kdlofty What was the full comment I strongly doubt it was racist?

    • @deanjames5130
      @deanjames5130 4 роки тому

      He is definitely a racist

    • @r4h4al
      @r4h4al 4 роки тому +1

      @@deanjames5130 Terry isn't. Saying the N word in a passive way doesn't make you racist.
      Otherwise that makes all black people that say it racist by that logic.

  • @Kyu1985
    @Kyu1985 4 роки тому +10

    I bet Ron take his coffee strong and black ☕💪

  • @josephisaac441
    @josephisaac441 8 місяців тому

    Excellent programme.

  • @andysmith8890
    @andysmith8890 4 роки тому +20

    He said how can I be racist, I like Bob Marley and Black Coffee

    • @johnkeane5641
      @johnkeane5641 4 роки тому +1

      And swam in the black sea

    • @ucey-mi2wr
      @ucey-mi2wr 4 роки тому +1

      And watch the all blacks at the world cup

  • @thecornedbeefcouncil9792
    @thecornedbeefcouncil9792 4 роки тому +19

    All he had to say was “I’M not calling him a n****r, I’m saying what people MAY have called him when I started managing....I shouldn’t have said it but it was said without thinking” etc.
    All this “I’ve apologised enough” makes him sound like he feels he’s the victim now. That isn’t going to wash.

  • @developer101
    @developer101 5 років тому +43

    We need to forgive Big Ron, he's a product of his time. He's paid the price for what he did.

    • @kennethmccalla4217
      @kennethmccalla4217 4 роки тому +13

      I agree and that coming from a black person like myself. Every one makes mistakes.

    • @tgmartin
      @tgmartin 4 роки тому +7

      @Richard Carpenter what he said was racist and stupid. It doesn't mean that he is inherently a white supremacist but there was no way he could have kept his job after that.

    • @elvisleeboy
      @elvisleeboy 4 роки тому +2

      @@tgmartin Certainly not in a society full of sanctimonious finger waggers.

    • @quentintydeman4777
      @quentintydeman4777 4 роки тому +2

      In Alabama why was he smiling along with those racist hicks on that FM radio show? Shouldn't he be shaking his head in disgust? That's what I'd do - we'd all do.

    • @tgmartin
      @tgmartin 4 роки тому

      @@elvisleeboy yes, there are sanctimonious finger waggers out there but he was stupid to say what he did.

  • @hstcrouchy
    @hstcrouchy 4 роки тому

    What's the music 57 minutes in?

  • @obsoleteworlds
    @obsoleteworlds 4 роки тому +5

    Yes.
    That was a short documentary.

  • @z.czieyaad9999
    @z.czieyaad9999 5 років тому +75

    Imagine his thoughts on Pogba if he managed Manchester United now.

    • @tom7131
      @tom7131 4 роки тому +6

      he is a pundit for MUTV lol

    • @technologylover121
      @technologylover121 4 роки тому

      😂😂

    • @rhysgregory5897
      @rhysgregory5897 4 роки тому +1

      He was one of the first managers to back playing black players at WEST BROM

    • @wonjubhoy
      @wonjubhoy 4 роки тому

      @Bryan McDade 4 politicians who attend cabinet meetings are drawn from ethnic minorities. www.gov.uk/government/ministers I don't remember any black or Asian cabinet ministers in South Africa before 1994. I have also noticed Ben Carson is a member of President Trump's government and he is black. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

    • @alanbrady7116
      @alanbrady7116 4 роки тому +5

      Ryan Giggs mooched his sister in law. This is wrong

  • @wingwizard80
    @wingwizard80 8 місяців тому

    Outstanding commentator

  • @nigefal
    @nigefal 4 роки тому +4

    @20:40 Ron never answers the question from Brendon Batson - Why Ron?

  • @mikegattotv
    @mikegattotv 4 роки тому +13

    He could have totally sorted everything out by admitting what he said was racist and showing genuine desire to learn from his mistakes... (even if he didn't mean it) - Instead he basically denies any wrong doing and comes across ignorant and un-remorseful ... Missed opportunity Ron.

    • @nickm8874
      @nickm8874 7 місяців тому +1

      He was kind of remorseful and apologetic … and then that young American college student told him she calls her mates ****a …. And it set him off! Hahaha

  • @13strange67
    @13strange67 2 роки тому

    Ron needs to come out

  • @tonybrown3192
    @tonybrown3192 4 роки тому +3

    As David Gray sings, "Some things you say you can never repair." Spot on.

  • @DCDPM
    @DCDPM 3 роки тому +21

    David Brent should have been sent on a racism awareness course. It was like The Office episode that never happened.

    • @Instasamps
      @Instasamps 8 місяців тому +7

      Get the guitar….

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 7 місяців тому

      ​@@InstasampsHe went home to get it..

  • @stuartkerr9478
    @stuartkerr9478 4 роки тому +48

    looking forward to Adrian Chiles' retrospective documentary on whether his Ron Atkinson racism documentary was in itself racist

    • @5uper5kill3rz
      @5uper5kill3rz 3 роки тому +2

      100% twitter would say so, can’t say the N word if you’re white these days regardless of context, can’t even read of mice and men in English lessons soon, I bet you

    • @louduva9849
      @louduva9849 Рік тому

      CANCEL ADRIAN CHILES

    • @Mac-rf5wf
      @Mac-rf5wf Рік тому +2

      Then sometime into the future they'll have to make another documentary exploring whether Chiles' retrospective documentary on whether his Ron Atkinson racism documentary was in itself racist, was in itself racist.

    • @rohithraman6488
      @rohithraman6488 Рік тому +1

      @@Mac-rf5wf And the cycle continues

    • @buzzin_fly7509
      @buzzin_fly7509 8 місяців тому

      If they think that's racist they need to put Leo do caprio up for life imprisonment for his role in Django Unchained

  • @orion3511
    @orion3511 4 роки тому +2

    "You're the man that's going to batter me" 😁

  • @neddystark3351
    @neddystark3351 2 роки тому +16

    "This is a black day".... lol he can't help himself 🤣🤣🤣

    • @rohithraman6488
      @rohithraman6488 Рік тому

      Imagine if Ron was commentator for England/Italy shootout in Euro final

    • @NeroAngelo616
      @NeroAngelo616 8 місяців тому

      Gotta have a larf. This piece of propaganda is a black comedy and Ron is going with it. Just like any media pundit up your throat.

  • @kylebutler3018
    @kylebutler3018 7 місяців тому +4

    Mistakes happen. Big Ron is still a legend

  • @pejpm
    @pejpm 6 років тому +30

    ‘Alleged’. What is he talking about??

  • @jackphilips9526
    @jackphilips9526 4 роки тому

    Yes Ron... Yes. You are.

  • @turnerthemanc
    @turnerthemanc 4 роки тому +26

    11:23 lol.....words of wisdom, there, from convicted sex offender Max Clifford

  • @wonderhero4375
    @wonderhero4375 7 років тому +42

    Ron Atkinson deserves better than this. I really, really feel for him. He is a talent.

  • @6madx
    @6madx 8 років тому +52

    Haha Max Clifford lol

    • @alanbrady7116
      @alanbrady7116 4 роки тому +5

      Max Clifford is dead

    • @harold_Shitmum
      @harold_Shitmum 4 роки тому +6

      Had a heart attack in the sex offender wing in prison after trying to clean his cell! What a way to go!!

    • @xxxthug7817
      @xxxthug7817 4 роки тому

      MAX CLIFFORD A DEAD DOG

  • @sjm2721
    @sjm2721 4 роки тому +6

    And he was never seen or heard of again

  • @clarkgable3731
    @clarkgable3731 4 роки тому +3

    will never get rid of racism will always be there for the rest of days

    • @idesireit31
      @idesireit31 4 роки тому

      Even if white supremacy is flipped on its head

  • @35Hoopsfan
    @35Hoopsfan 4 роки тому +17

    Big Ron on a University campus in Alabama discussing use of the n word with undergrads..... So random, lol.

  • @KeppaOSF
    @KeppaOSF 4 роки тому +25

    Am I the only one who feels like this entire documentary is about Mr. Atkinson justifying his own actions? If you're able to say THAT kind of stuff when (you think) nobody is listening/looking.. Your thinking process is that way, which means you ARE racist in my opinion..

    • @zargonthemagnificent330
      @zargonthemagnificent330 4 роки тому +6

      I suspect many people under 40 will fully agree with you. Those of us over 45 will tend to think he' was a total twat but he grew up in a time when, undoubtedly, social attitudes were different. Not excusing it, merely explaining it. In time, you will also start to feel as if you can't keep up with the world around you , it happens to everyone eventually.

    • @Scott1433
      @Scott1433 4 роки тому +2

      @@zargonthemagnificent330 totally agree. He is a product of his era, he is totally ignorant and doesn't really get it. I don't detect any malice in Ron Atkinson just ignorance. If somebody 40 years younger than him behaved like him I think I'd view him more harshly.

  • @shimMakepeace
    @shimMakepeace 4 роки тому

    Yes

  • @vannointed1476
    @vannointed1476 4 роки тому +4

    'I didn't realize I said it'.......classic!!

  • @cicstommy
    @cicstommy 4 роки тому +18

    Anyone else feel that Adrian Chiles’s (admittedly natural) nonchalant tone sets the wrong mood for this programme?

  • @yaramar34
    @yaramar34 4 роки тому +11

    9 minutes in, loads of contributions from Ron and his mates and yet he still hasnt been confronted with what he said and when he finally is, he doesn't give a 5hit

    • @tommytaylor5195
      @tommytaylor5195 4 роки тому

      Not true at all,he has apologised,said sorry,and held his hands up, what he hasn't done is gone over board/keep on apologising for it,that's all, you can tell he isn't racist,he was angry the night he said what he said,and he said something in anger,I've lost my control,and said stupid things in the past, don't hammer Ron,he really doesn't deserve it, Brendan Batson knows the score.

  • @JohnSmith-su3ze
    @JohnSmith-su3ze Рік тому +6

    Hilarious that they go America to teach Ron a lesson and all the radio show callers are on Ron's side 🤣

    • @aughhelpmeimdead
      @aughhelpmeimdead Рік тому +1

      it was a right-wing radio station in the deep south. are you surprised when you read the guardian's letter pages and they're all lefties?

    • @s.salazar6364
      @s.salazar6364 8 місяців тому +1

      Alabama, bible country, well I suppose it's some kind of America.

  • @Taporeee
    @Taporeee 4 роки тому +1

    Yes, probably but there are levels.
    Time, context and intention.

  • @tyrexx112
    @tyrexx112 Рік тому +1

    “As out of data as his hairstyle”🤣🤣🤣

  • @snipedotgenius
    @snipedotgenius 4 роки тому +9

    John motson the two coloured players says it all aye ..

  • @TomWardComedian
    @TomWardComedian 4 роки тому +8

    The Cameroon clip is the killer...in court that would destroy the defense lawyer's argument

  • @grahamroby9799
    @grahamroby9799 4 роки тому

    Yes is the answer.

  • @Obetv01
    @Obetv01 4 роки тому +54

    At the time, the worst thing about this it felt to me was that it was said of Marcel D. Arguably one of the most successful hard working footballers of his time. A legend of the game who would be anything but lazy. In fact, Desaily and Deschamps grew up together at Marseille like brothers with a commitment to each other to out work everyone else on their way to the top. Now if he was called a lazy n***** after all he went on to achieve, what hope for us mere mortals. Big Ron at the time was my favorite CL host at the time. He commented on some great games; R Madrid v MAn UTd with peàk Zidane. Then that. Such a let down

    • @TeamOfThe80s
      @TeamOfThe80s 2 роки тому +1

      What I keep thinking is what they say throughout the show - why would that be in his vocabulary anyway?!

    • @jefflinton
      @jefflinton 8 місяців тому

      Actually Cantona called Deschamps the 'water carrier' and the Chelsea Desailly wasn't the AC Milan or Marseille Desailly,he was lazier and more prone to errors.

  • @d2dar459
    @d2dar459 2 роки тому +8

    31:10
    Gotta love the fact that they used a song by Mos Def, a song which had a message and an actual reason beyond the superficial for using the n word, and played like 5 seconds without context.

  • @MrBeans_Slippers
    @MrBeans_Slippers 4 місяці тому

    Love how his only player highlight was hitting the post

  • @Splozy
    @Splozy 6 місяців тому

    song at start?

  • @ItsAv3rageGamer
    @ItsAv3rageGamer 3 роки тому +3

    Apparently that's when I made the alleged remark.
    Jesus.

  • @kevinreay1510
    @kevinreay1510 5 років тому +16

    As a young Newcastle fan I'm ashamed to say I joined in with some of the racist chants in the 70s. My excuse? I was 14 and stupid. I grew up and I look back on those (mercifully short) times with shame. Ron didn't have the excuse of age on his side. He's a racist whatever excuses he makes.

    • @callithowiseeit5806
      @callithowiseeit5806 4 роки тому +3

      Bullshit, when you were round your own people you were tribal and as tribes do you mocked outsiders, just like ALL tribes and ALL colours do, now you've left the tribe you feel vulnerable and walk around on eggshells scared to offend while others remain tribal towards you, don't try flogging your fear as 'moved on' or enlightened

    • @DaveyMulholland
      @DaveyMulholland 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@callithowiseeit5806it's not "walking on eggshells" it's realising that there are haIfwits and treacherous to$$ers in your own "tribe", so mocking other "tribes" as if they're any worse than you, is the act of a tragic terminal wally.

    • @AaronOne-ch6op
      @AaronOne-ch6op 7 місяців тому

      ​@@callithowiseeit5806exactly . Am man united fan. Do I think the " Charlton in box" City fans need a dox..... grow up idiots having a laugh n being idiots

  • @1DCCX
    @1DCCX 4 роки тому

    Yes Ron. Yes you are.

  • @invaiderz3408
    @invaiderz3408 4 роки тому

    Legend!!

  • @kpjlflsknflksnflknsa
    @kpjlflsknflksnflknsa 7 років тому +7

    *_Ron Atkinson - Am I A Racist?_* Yes, Ron. You are.

  • @johnnysnowfox9621
    @johnnysnowfox9621 4 роки тому +5

    This is to funny Ron stop it 😂😂😂😂

  • @TokyoJoe703
    @TokyoJoe703 2 роки тому +1

    A new sky sports Saturday with Ron Atkinson, Rodney Marsh, Geoff Hurst & Andy Gray would be great