The content wasn’t appropriate- Postecoglou speaks out on Bill Copeland storm

Ange Postecoglou has spoken out about the storm over the Scottish Football Writers Association awards night that has descended into a racism and sexism storm. 

The Celtic boss was guest of honour as Manager of the Year with Alex Ferguson and Craig Gordon also among the award winners. 

Some over-18 entertainment is expected from the speakers but it seems that Bill Copeland’s routine went way too far. 

Eilidh Barbour of Sky Sports and BBC Scotland kicked off the storm by walking out and tweeting about feeling uncomfortable. 

On Monday the SFWA issued an apology to anyone offended but this morning Planet Radio reports the Celtic boss saying: 

The content was not appropriate, to be honest I don’t know if its appropriate at anything. You can turn it into a controversy but I don’t think people learn anything from that. 

Make it a teaching moment to be better for people who have the responsibility of organising those nights. It’s an opportunity to do things a lot better and understand you have to take into account peoples beliefs and feelings. I think they’ve approached it the right way by apologising. 

Postecoglou gave an interview to the SFWA before the Copeland comedy set but appears to have been ambushed by what happened later on. 

It has been reported that racist jokes were told about Japanese footballers, after arriving from Yokohama Marinos last June Postecoglou has signed three players from the J-League.