Tranmere Rovers give John Barnes the chance he deserves

hope u have a good employment lawyers at tranmere given the following article in the guardian….can i just point out to mr barnes the reason he was sacked form celtic wasn’t because “I IS BLACK!!!!” it was because as a manager both u and dalgleish are “shite”…didnt stop u demanding a payoff though as i remember …where is your moral high ground on that one pal….THIS IS LIFTED DIRECT FROM TODAYS GUARDIAN

John Barnes brought a nine-year exile from the British game to an end as the new manager of Tranmere Rovers yesterday and claimed that racial prejudice was behind his struggle to land a job after his ­dismissal from Celtic.

The former Liverpool and England winger has not coached in Britain since leaving Glasgow in the wake of Celtic’s cup humiliation by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in February 2000. Barnes, 45, recently spent six months in charge of Jamaica and accepted Tranmere’s offer out of a determination to succeed in management in this country. He admits he feared the opportunity would not materialise having been overlooked several times by lower-league English clubs and amid an increasing belief that race was a factor.

“It has taken a long time to get back and through no fault of my own,” said Barnes, who will be assisted by his former Liverpool team-mate Jason McAteer. “If I could have got back in one week after leaving Celtic, I would have done. While I did other things, that was not by choice. It was because opportunities did not present themselves to me for many reasons.

“From the perspective of what happened with Celtic people might argue that I didn’t have the experience for another big job but I don’t think my experience with Celtic explains why I couldn’t get a job in the fourth division. Look at how Paul Ince wasn’t given enough time at Blackburn. Young English managers don’t get enough time, young black managers aren’t given enough time, there are a lot of reasons why. I went for a fair few jobs before this and lower down than Tranmere, at least half a dozen in the last five years.”

Barnes will have to operate on a reduced budget at the League One club and has only a dozen senior players under contract. He added: “I think there still is a race barrier in this country. Look at how disproportionate it is in terms of the number of black ex-players who are not in management and the number of black ex-players who are older than myself who haven’t been offered a job. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is racist but there is that stereotypical view that some people have of black people and black managers in terms of their competence, which for me is different to racist abuse you might encounter walking down the street. There is a misconception over whether black ex-players can make successful managers.”
way poor ppl of tranmere read on and be afraid very afraid when your new employee is giving himself an out beffore the job has begun…

hope u have a good employment lawyers at tranmere given the following article in the guardian….can i just point out to mr barnes the reason he was sacked form celtic wasn’t because “I IS BLACK!!!!” it was because as a manager both u and dalgleish are “shite”…didnt stop u demanding a payoff though as i remember …where is your moral high ground on that one pal….THIS IS LIFTED DIRECT FROM TODAYS GUARDIAN

John Barnes brought a nine-year exile from the British game to an end as the new manager of Tranmere Rovers yesterday and claimed that racial prejudice was behind his struggle to land a job after his ­dismissal from Celtic.

The former Liverpool and England winger has not coached in Britain since leaving Glasgow in the wake of Celtic’s cup humiliation by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in February 2000. Barnes, 45, recently spent six months in charge of Jamaica and accepted Tranmere’s offer out of a determination to succeed in management in this country. He admits he feared the opportunity would not materialise having been overlooked several times by lower-league English clubs and amid an increasing belief that race was a factor.

“It has taken a long time to get back and through no fault of my own,” said Barnes, who will be assisted by his former Liverpool team-mate Jason McAteer. “If I could have got back in one week after leaving Celtic, I would have done. While I did other things, that was not by choice. It was because opportunities did not present themselves to me for many reasons.

“From the perspective of what happened with Celtic people might argue that I didn’t have the experience for another big job but I don’t think my experience with Celtic explains why I couldn’t get a job in the fourth division. Look at how Paul Ince wasn’t given enough time at Blackburn. Young English managers don’t get enough time, young black managers aren’t given enough time, there are a lot of reasons why. I went for a fair few jobs before this and lower down than Tranmere, at least half a dozen in the last five years.”

Barnes will have to operate on a reduced budget at the League One club and has only a dozen senior players under contract. He added: “I think there still is a race barrier in this country. Look at how disproportionate it is in terms of the number of black ex-players who are not in management and the number of black ex-players who are older than myself who haven’t been offered a job. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is racist but there is that stereotypical view that some people have of black people and black managers in terms of their competence, which for me is different to racist abuse you might encounter walking down the street. There is a misconception over whether black ex-players can make successful managers.”
way poor ppl of tranmere read on and be afraid very afraid when your new employee is giving himself an out beffore the job has begun…