[Athletic] John Terry is Chelsea’s captain, leader, legend and an England great. But his recent liking of anti-immigration social media posts has been criticised by anti-racism groups and caused dismay at Chelsea, where he works as an academy mentor.

Oh bore off. John Terry is not a racist. This is ridiculous

Amazing player, great captain, chelsea legend no doubt. but i always had a feeling he’s not the really the greatest or open-minded person…

Those questions multiplied after the recent blitz of headlines caused by Terry using his Instagram account to signal his apparent approval for a proposal by a radical right-wing political party for a nationwide ban on burqas in the United Kingdom.

Did he not realise it was going against Chelsea’s own inclusion policy? Had it passed him by that the club set up a Muslim supporters group last year? Or that the modern-day Chelsea, in the words of Piara Powar, one of the sport’s leading anti-racism campaigners, is “very much centring its identity on being a London club and everything that means”?

Kick It Out, football’s biggest anti-racism organisation, has also felt strongly enough about it to speak publicly. Inside Chelsea, it has caused dismay.

If you are not familiar with Lowe, he is the former Southampton chairman who went into politics with Reform UK before becoming the subject of a police investigation for alleged threats towards the party’s chairman, Zia Yusuf. The case was eventually dropped and Lowe, citing “false allegations” and a “brutal smear campaign”, formed his own party, deploying extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric and calling for a policy of mass deportation.

One of his social-media posts, liked by Terry, promises to “deport millions” and that “the entire power of the British state would be deployed”.

The counter-argument is that, as a high-profile employee of Chelsea, Terry is representing his club, as well as working in an environment featuring different ethnic backgrounds. Indeed, Chelsea’s academy staff hosted an Iftar party just a week earlier for players and Muslim fans marking Ramadan. Another event was held at Stamford Bridge, involving 400 people, to celebrate Eid.

JT should just come out and say he doesn’t endorse restore or reform but is worried about the illegal immigration numbers. That would help his image on this fiasco because it just looks like he is leaning towards the right which isn’t healthy with his past lol.

Whole load of absolute nothing. If that’s racist then most of the working class fanbase in the stadium every week are racist. 

Nothing wrong with what he did at all, he’s allowed his opinion, people dying to be offended over anything these days, then all the people calling him an idiot because they have a different opinion – these people are hate filled

Its better to not meet your heroes, lest they disappoint you. Some great mind said this once.

He really is Mr Chelsea 

this is where Reddit Chelsea comes in and bring in their Reddit political takes

So this sub is going to pretend that we didn’t know John Terry is racist?

We knew this for almost two decades

Does that not just make him normal? It’s pretty much the key issue among voters right now

Why was the other one deleted

Burqas are banned in most European countries. Him liking a post about banning burqas in the UK is not racist

He liked one post about how England shouldn’t rename a train station to a Bengali name. How do we jump from that to racist. This is classic leftist over reach and click bait lazy journalism.

– sees post 
– looks at who’s top on the mod list
– chuckles 

He smashed his teammates wife that’s all you need to know about his character. A man who smashes his teammates wife who you go battle with on the football field isn’t a man with morals or should be trusted at all.

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When was he removed as the manager of Ape Kids FC?