Ifill: Racism is on way out

Paul Ifill says that Millwall have made great progress in trying to stamp out racism at The Den.

The 24-year-old winger has been at the club since he was a trainee and knows it is a much nicer place to play than it was six years ago.

The behaviour of their fans has come under the spotlight this week after racism claims by Burnley manager Stan Ternent and former government communications director Alastair Campbell.

Millwall chairman Theo Paphitis hit back, defending his proud record of anti-racism work, and Ifill believes his club are no worse than most others.

He said: "I think Burnley defender Mo Camara was booed for an incident in the FA Cup game against us a couple of weeks before.

"There were a few people chanting things but it was not tens of people, it was one voice every now and again.

"That happens and their fans were doing it to me. I think Millwall get a bad rap because of our history and everybody likes to jump on the bandwagon.

"Theo more than anybody has done a lot to kick out racism and you can only keep trying to do that. Things are a lot better than they were.

"I like the supporters and I think they like me. You hear a voice every now and then and you can deal with that.

"It used to be big sections of the crowd and now you just hear the odd lone voice."

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