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2002
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20 Dec 2002
Parties, videos, MBEs and quarter-finals!
Season’s greetings and best wishes for a happy, peaceful and racism-free New Year to all our supporters. Read about recent racist incidents on the…
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19 Nov 2002
Sharrow United skipper and Millennium Volunteer Ayaz Khan puts the T in MTV!
The FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) Network has received the prestigious "Free Your Mind Award" at the MTV Awards in Barcelona. Barcelona…
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30 Oct 2002
Anti-Racism Week of Action in Sheffield
Football’s most high-profile Anti-Racism Action Week yet has just finished, with all 92 professional clubs in England taking part. Activities were…
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21 Oct 2002
Stars turn out to give racism the boot
The BBC website has an article reporting on FURD´s very successful event as part of Anti-racist Action Week. The event, in Tudor Square Sheffield,…
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15 Oct 2002
Anti-Racism Action Week; Dave Bassett
Thursday 17th October: Come down to Tudor Square in the middle of Sheffield and meet players and other representatives of local professional football…
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07 Oct 2002
Black History Month and Anti-Racism Action Week
In celebration of Black History Month (October) and National Anti-Racism Week of Action in Football, (17-28 October), FURD will be involved in a…
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01 Oct 2002
Millennium Volunteer news: free IT trainng and Alton Towers trip
FURD is putting on a 6 week IT course, free to Millennium Volunteers. It’ll run on Mondays, starting on 7th October. The sessions will run from…
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17 Sep 2002
Women and girls’ football coaching
FURD is re-starting football coaching for girls and women in Mount Pleasant Park, Sharrow, on Mondays from 5-6pm from next Monday, 23rd…
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10 Sep 2002
European Anti-Racism Week of Action in Football – 17th-28th October 2002 – get involved!
For the second year, football’s national anti-racism campaign, Kick It Out, is co-ordinating a National Anti-Racism Week of Action in Football from…
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09 Sep 2002
Sharrow United’s winning start
Sharrow United FC, sponsored by FURD, got off to a flyer in their opening game of the season. Sharrow, who have strengthened their squad with the…
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07 Aug 2002
Celebrations at FURD as project gets triple boost
Staff and young people at Football Unites, Racism Divides (FURD) are celebrating following recent news of a triple vote of confidence. Firstly,…
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31 Jul 2002
FREE summer soccer schools and Streetkick
The FURD team will be out and about in the Sheffield and Rotherham area over the summer holidays with Streetkick, our mobile 3-a-side football pitch,…
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15 Jul 2002
FURD Women Allstars bring trophy home from World Cup!
3 teams made up of FURD MV volunteers, staff and local young people have just returned from the 6th Mondiali Antirazzisti (Anti-Racist World Cup) in…
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12 Jun 2002
Alternative World Cups!
For those of us unlucky enough to be overlooked for selection for our national teams in the World Cup, opportunities are coming up in the form of the…
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14 May 2002
Girls’ and women’s football coaching
FURD is running some coaching sessions specifically for girls and women of any age. They are being held at Mount Pleasant Park, Sharrow,…
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29 Apr 2002
A Question of Streetkick!
Snooker star, and BBC TV ´Question of Sport´ personality John Parrott, paid a visit to FURD´s Streetkick game on Saturday, 27 April. Taking a…
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23 Apr 2002
Record numbers at third Community Day
An estimated 2500 people attended the third joint SUFC/FURD Community Day, held at Bramall Lane on Sunday 21 April. Organisers were delighted with…
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15 Apr 2002
Community Day 21st April
If you´re in the Sheffield area, don´t forget to come down to Bramall Lane on Sunday 21st April for the free Community Day being held jointly by…
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27 Mar 2002
Somali Blades fundraising football tournament
The FURD-supported Sheffield team the Somali Blades are organising a fundraising 5-a-side tournament and inviting Somali footballers from throughout…
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20 Mar 2002
Community Day is back!!
After a one year gap in 2001, FURD and Sheffield United have set a date for the their third joint Community Day. It will be held at Bramall Lane on…
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19 Mar 2002
Suffo future in doubt?
Patrick Suffo, Sheffield United´s Cameroonian international, has been placed on the transfer list by the club following his sending-off for violent…
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05 Mar 2002
Owls Inclusive Communities Day
Sheffield Wednesday designated their home game on 9th March against Gillingham as an Inclusive Communities Day. Free tickets were available on a…
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05 Mar 2002
One World, One Cup
On Saturday 16th March at the Goodwin Sports Centre in Sheffield a multicultural event is taking place including the ´One World, One Cup´ 6-a-side…
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19 Feb 2002
Players and fans unite against racism
Sheffield United stars Rob Kozluk, Michael Tonge and Gus Uhlenbeek , along with former United reserve team player and refugee from Burundi, Desbon…
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19 Feb 2002
FARE Anti-Racist Action Week 12th-21st April
FOOTBALL AGAINST RACISM IN EUROPE - FARE www.farenet.org FARE Action Week 2002 Semaine d’action Settimana d’azione Aktionswoche Semaña…
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06 Feb 2002
80 delegates from 13 countries unite to tackle racism
Around 80 delegates from 13 countries begin arriving in Sheffield today for a European-wide conference aimed at sharing problems and ideas in the…
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22 Jan 2002
Anti-discrimination in football conference coming to Sheffield
FURD, in partnership with the FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) network, is hosting a European conference on anti-discimination in sports and…
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14 Jan 2002
FURD Site relaunched.
After a long delay and a much needed overhaul, the new Football Unites website has been relaunched. The old site has attracted tens-of-thousands of…