An English football team confirmed this weekend’s six-game suspension after he had made sexist comments on a podcast in January.
“Following (intended pleasure) comments on a podcast about women’s drivers, first team manager Marc White received a six-game touchline suspension that is served from the start of the competition season,” a Sunday Social Media Post FC reads by Dorking Wanderers.
Marc White, the manager of the Dorking Wanderers, made the sexist comment about the Podcast “Under the Cosh” in January when he responded to a question about his disciplinary record.
“More female refs now, so you have to pay more respect, do you know what I mean?” White, who is also the founder and owner of the Dorking Wanderers, said in the Podcast episode, which can be viewed on YouTube. “You have to pay a little more respect, such as helping to park.”
Podcasthost Chris Brown can be seen laughing with white to his comment.
The English football club published the suspension of White in May, writing That he “acted in an inappropriate way and/or used offensive and/or offensive words during an interview with ‘Under the Cosh’ in violation of FA rule E3.1.”
FA rule E3.1 States That participants cannot use “violent behavior, serious false play, threatening, insulting, indecent or offensive words or behavior”.
White was fined 500 pounds (around $ 685) and must attend “a mandatory educational session”, ” According to athletics.
White joked on the podcast episode about the banning of 12 stadiums for his behavior last year and called it a ‘fantastic record’. In 2023, White received a suspension of four games after the FA said that he “directed personal insulting and offensive words” among competition officials, as well as his assistant. According to the report, White apologized.