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There has been progress in more being given managerial jobs, though still far from enough to be
fair. The fuss over Sol Campbell getting the Macclesfield job – the club hoping that it won’t be back
to the National League that he’s leading them – shows that the mere spotlight on them is unequal.
It does seem that ethnic-heritage managers have to succeed more than their white counterparts if
they are to get more jobs. Real progress will come when they are allowed to be ordinary and to fail,
and be considered again, without the same levels of discussion about their abilities as there are now.
What might help that cause is an increase in the num-
ber of BAME people in executive roles inside clubs
and indeed governing bodies and League boards.
Now, I accept that a lot of Non-League clubs repre-
sent rural or small town areas where there are ei-
ther low population, or even no BAME communities.
Where there are ethnic communities, however, it needs Macclesfield’s manager doesn’t
club administrations to be more open-minded and inclu- necessarily realise how he comes
sive, and to work towards recruiting more BAME people across sometimes but it is absurd
in dug-outs, committees and board rooms to reflect the that having eight BAME managers
teams they are often putting out. Who knows, it might even out of 92 feels like a minor break-
through. (Daniel Taylor, The Ob-
draw more supporters from an often untapped market.server)
Non-League can be traditional, even backward here and
there. But it can also be bold and brave in some of its initiatives. This should be one of them.

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