Megan: Kevin Keegan says "I think racism shows a lack of education and understanding - a lack of being a human being really."

Nat: Ryan Giggs says "Racism affects your whole life. It can make your life a misery."

Ian Wright: "Some people don't want to speak out because they don't wanna get involved. It's the people who do want to speak out that get things moving. Cos then other people say 'I don't wanna hear that neither. Don't say that next to me'. GET THEM EJECTED."

REAL LIVES

"One of our midfielders is Bangladeshi. One season our new players started calling other teams racist names, but we never said anything about it. One day Rory never came back. I guess we'd let him down."
(Scott, 15)

"I was watching Cameroon play England in the pub. People were shouting and getting all excitable. Speaking to no-one, my friend said, 'it makes you wanna be really racist dunnit?' I was shocked. It completely ruined my evening."
(Abdul, 24)

Shaka Hislop: "When I was filling up my car, 6 kids at the bus stop opposite started shouting racial slurs, then one of them realised, 'that's Shaka Hislop', and they came running over for autographs. I was very hurt."