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I WOULD WALK OFF PITCH IF ABUSED – TAYLOR

LEAGUE ONE

By Tom Blackett

VOW: Lyle Taylor

CHARLTON Athletic striker Lyle Taylor has insisted he is ready to walk off the pitch if he is subjected to racial abuse.
There have been a spate of racist incidents in football this season, which have brought the matter to public attention and increased pressure on the game’s governing bodies to take action.
Among them was the racial abuse suffered by England players Danny Rose, Raheem Sterling and Callum Hudson-Odoi in Montenegro last month.
Now Addicks forward Taylor, 29, who received racist abuse online last weekend, believes it is tim...

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