We shall know on Nov. 22 how seriously UEFA takes racism.

That is the day disciplinary sanctions in the wake of appalling events in Serbia last Tuesday, where England's Under-21 players were the victims of racism in Krusevac as the visitors won 1-0 in the European Championship, will be announced.

If it is as keen to stamp out racism as it claims, UEFA must throw not just the book, but the whole library at the serial offenders from Serbia, whose blinkered, shameless version of events was a perversion of Lance Armstrong proportions.