Rio Ferdinand x The Athletic: Tipping Point

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Rio Ferdinand's 3-part documentary series, 'Tipping Point' aims to find real solutions to the racism, homophobia and mental health crisis which plague our sport... prior to its release, Rio sat down for an honest conversation with The Athletic's Roshane Thomas on the current state of play. Host Dan Barnes is joined by Roshane and editor Richard Amofa to keep that conversation going. Over the course of this episode you'll hear the interview with Ferdinand, but also from Wilfried Zaha, Romelu Lukaku and Josh Cavallo, as our panel evaluate football's progress. Rio Ferdinand’s Tipping Point is available on Prime Video from Friday 11 November Produced by Adonis Pratsides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic. Ahead of the release of a fascinating new three-part documentary series investigating football's ongoing issues with racism, homophobia and mental health, England legend Rio
0:14.4	Ferdinand sat down with the athletics for Shane Thomas for a conversation about taking action.
0:18.9	Today I'm joined by both for Shane and editor Richard Amofa to keep that conversation going.
0:24.6	You'll also hear the interview with Rio Ferdinand and from the likes of Wilfred Zaha, Romululukaku and Josh Cabello.
0:30.1	I'm Dan Barnes and welcome to a very special episode of the Athletic Football
0:34.0	podcast.
0:36.0	This a day English football had waited more than half a century for.
0:42.0	Three fucking lines. Three lines, three fierck-fier-fier-f-fier-ff-ff-it for us.
0:49.0	What makes you that angry that you need to do that?
0:51.0	How'd you go home then and you miss his
0:53.2	say your kids say this in Dad how was your day? Devastated with the defeat racially
0:56.9	abused circle no that went down well got nicks for it I'll be all right I'll
1:00.9	get whatever it be fine it'll blow over.
1:03.0	You fancy a takeaway, like?
1:05.0	Why is football races?
1:08.0	Why am I having to explain this stuff to my kids?
1:11.0	Are we really here again?
1:12.0	Are we really still doing this I'm scared to even
1:14.8	look at my direct messages anymore because it could be filled with anything I'm
1:19.5	telling them y'all this was racist to me in it.
1:22.6	I've shut it down from the get-go.
1:24.3	Don't even make that common word here.
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