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    England-Republic of Ireland Under-15 World Cup match abandoned over alleged racism

    Sports News UKBy Sports News UKOctober 26, 2026No Comments1 Min Read
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    England Under-15 players gathered at the side of the pitch after a team-mate made an allegation of racism by a Republic of Ireland opponent
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    The alleged incident happened in the final minute of the Group C match in Baku.

    Immediately following the allegation, England head coach Matt Thorpe was seen on the match coverage on DAZN asking for the referee to come over, before calling his players off the pitch.

    After an initial report from Thorpe, the referee told England’s coaching staff, “I cannot hear”.

    One of Thorpe’s assistant coaches can then be heard telling the referee “we are reporting racism”, before adding “we do not want to play”.

    When another official came over, talking about what would happen after the match, the assistant told him: “No, our players do not want to play”.

    He was later heard saying that a player was “upset”.

    Heated words were then exchanged between each set of coaching staff, with both saying they were trying to protect their players.

    This is the first time the U15 World Cup and Festival has been played, and involves 189 countries and territories.

    Matches are played in an eight-a-side format, on smaller pitches, with 20-minute halves.

    England are scheduled to play their next match against Zimbabwe at 20:45 local time (16:45 GMT) on Monday, with Republic of Ireland facing Cambodia at the same time.

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