Football Racism Row: How It Unfolded

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
16th Oct, 2011	Liverpool 1-1 Man Utd	Fierce rivals Liverpool and Manchester United share the spoils at Anfield, but United left-back Patrice Evra and boss Sir Alex Ferguson visit the referee's dressing room immediately after the game to allege that Liverpool striker, Luis Suarez, racially abused the Frenchman several times through-out the match.
16th Oct, 2011	Suarez Denies Allegations of Racism	Luis Suarez denies racially abusing Patrice Evra.
17th Oct, 2011	Fergie Says Evra Will Persue Complaint	Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson says that an "aggrieved" Evra will not drop his complaint that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez racially abused him during the two club's meeting.
17th Oct, 2011	PFA offer to mediate in Evra-Suarez Row	PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor offers to mediate in a bid to quickly resolve the Evra-Suarez situation.
23rd Oct, 2011	QPR 1-0 Chelsea	Newly-promoted QPR take on the London giants Chelsea, beating them 1-0 as the Blues are reduced to nine men following Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa's red cards.
23rd Oct, 2011	Terry Releases Statement	Chelsea and England captain John Terry releases statement denying claims he'd racially abused Anton Ferdinand during the club's defeat at QPR earlier in the day.
24th Oct, 2011	Anton Ferdinand meets with QPR	Defender and brother of ex-England captain Rio Ferdinand, Anton, meets with his club to discuss whether to official complain following the emergence of video footage appearing to show John Terry calling him a "black c*nt".
25th Oct, 2011	FA Promise to Investigate QPR complaint	The Football Association promise to investigate QPR's complaint that John Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinant during the club's home game versus Chelsea.
25th Oct, 2011	Chelsea Boss Backs Terry	Chelsea manager Andre Villa-Boas says Chelsea will back the captain, and that he is 'perturbed by lack of support' for the defender.
31st Oct, 2011	Anton Ferdinand Releases Statement	QPR defender says he has "strong feelings" over the clash with Terry in October, but fails to comment further in press release.
1st Nov, 2011	Police Investigate Terry	The Metropolitan Police announce they have begun a formal investigation into claims John Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinand.
16th Nov, 2011	Liverpool Offer Suaraz Full Support, Who Says He Will Plead Not Guilty	Liverpool offer their striker Suarez their full backing, amid news the Uruguayan will plead not guilty to any FA charges.
16th Nov, 2011	FIFA President Sepp Blatter Says Racism Rows Can Be Resolved WIth Handshake	FIFA president Sepp Blatter is quoted as saying that racist abuse can be resolved with a handshake.
17th Nov, 2011	FA Charge Suarez	The FA charged Luis Suarez of racially abusing Man Utd left-back Patrice Evra.
17th Nov, 2011	Rio Ferdiand Tweets Sepp Blatter	Rio Ferdinand tweets FIFA president Sepp Blatter, accusing him of being ignorant about the subject of racism.
18th Nov, 2011	Police Say They Want to Charge Terry	POLICE say there is enough evidence to charge England captain John Terry over his alleged racist rant.
18th Nov, 2011	SAF accuses Liverpool of ignoring FA	Sir Alex Ferguson accuses Liverpool of ignoring the FA's advice of not commenting on the Evra-Suarez drama.
18th Nov, 2011	Blatter Apologises	Sepp Blatter apologises for comments made suggesting racial abuse should be sorted with handshake.
18th Nov, 2011	Beckham Blasts Blatter	David Beckham accuses Sepp Blatter of making comments that damage the game.
22nd Nov, 2011	Gary Taylor-Fletcher Says Foreign Players Overstep The Mark	Blackpool striker Gary Taylor-Fletcher says racist row may be down to foreign players who don't know where the line between 'banter' and abuse is.