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Crawley Town manager John Yems is being investigated by the FA for allegedly abusing his own players with racist insults including ‘suicide bomber’, ‘terrorist’ and ‘Zulu Warrior’, and running a segregated training ground where the club’s black stars use a separate changing room.
Sportsmail revealed last month that the FA had opened a probe into Yems’ conduct after a group of Crawley players reported his alleged use of offensive language to the PFA, with the League Two club suspending the 62-year-old the next day.
Crawley’s American owners, investment group WAGMI United, were so shocked at claims about their manager’s behaviour that they removed Yems within hours of the story being published, asking him to leave the team hotel in Mansfield at 1.30am ahead of a match later that day.
Crawley Town boss John Yems is being investigated for allegedly racially abusing his players
Sportsmail can now reveal details of the allegations against Yems, which he denies. They include:
Presiding over segregated changing facilities with two dressing rooms at the training ground which, although not official policy, was reinforced by comments to white players such as, ‘Don’t change in the black boys’ room’. Frequently referring to a number of the squad’s players from Asian backgrounds as ‘terrorists, suicide bombers and curry munchers’. Calling one youth-team player a ‘suicide bomber’ on a regular basis and telling him not to get the train home wearing a backpack because fellow passengers would think he intended to blow it up. Routinely using the n-word and referring to one black player as a ‘Zulu warrior’. Calling a young player of Cypriot extraction a ‘Greek bobble-head’ and mocking Greek music. Banishing two
