LONDON -- These are not the best of times for English football.
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In fact, football has almost taken a back seat in recent weeks with stories of alleged rape and sexual assault involving Premiership players, Rio Ferdinand failing to take a drug test, while on Tuesday a man was arrested for racially abusing proud dad Ian Wright when he cheered his son Shaun Wright-Phillips after scoring for Manchester City against Queens Park Rangers.