Les Ferdinand believes English football remains inherently racist , claiming John Terry was only saying what most people in the game think when he racially abused Ferdinand ’ s cousin , Anton , in 2011 . Speaking to Sir Trevor Phillips as part of a Channel 4 documentary on race to be screened on Thursday , QPR ’ s director of football also claimed the fact that he has only once been offered a route into football management since retiring as a player did not reflect well on the game in this country either . But his views on the Terry controversy , which led to the Chelsea skipper being stripped of the England captaincy , banned for four matches and fined £220,000 , are most damning . QPR director of football Les Ferdinand says that he believes English football remains inherently racist . Ferdinand claimed John Terry was saying what most people in the game think in his racial abuse incident . Ferdinand feels that football handled the situation ‘ terribly ’ , even though the FA charged Terry with using ‘ abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour ’ which ‘ included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand ’ less than a fortnight after Terry was acquitted in court . Asked by Phillips for his view on the Terry incident , Ferdinand said : ‘ I suppose it was disbelief really , that the England captain would use language like that on a football field , or anywhere in fact. ’ But it is when Phillips then asked Ferdinand for his view on ‘ how the game handled it ’ that the former England striker put the situation into a wider context . Terry and Anton Ferdinand clashed during QPR 's win over Chelsea in 2012 and Terry was stripped of the England captaincy , fined £220,000 and given a four-match ban after being charged by the FA . Ferdinand feels that football handled the situation ‘ terribly ’ and that it could have been put to bed quicker . Weeks before the FA charge , Terry had been cleared of racial abuse at Westminster Magistrates ' Court . ‘ Terribly , ’ he responded . ‘ I think it ’ s a situation that could have been put to bed quite quickly . ‘ And when you look at the game and the disproportion of black coaches in the game , maybe they ’ re not actually saying what John Terry said , but are they thinking it ? Because I have to believe that. ’ Phillips then asked Ferdinand how many times , in the 10 years since he stopped playing , he had been offered the opportunity to become a first-team coach . The QPR director of football says he has only been offered one first-team coaching job in 10 years . Ferdinand says he knows black players who would like to go into management but do n't get opportunities . ‘ Once , ’ said Ferdinand . ‘ Yeah once , when I came out of football I spoke to the then chairman of Bournemouth . ‘ I know lots of players that I play with who ’ d love to go into coaching and management and they ’ ve done all the badges , but they just won ’ t get an opportunity . ‘ We ’ ve been talking about this for 15 years now ; the only difference is the venues seem to be getting better . When I first started doing it , it was in a little classroom , then we moved onto a hotel room , and now we ’ re at Parliament but the outcome ’ s still the same because we ’ ve not moved on. ’ THINGS WE WON ’ T SAY ABOUT RACE THAT ARE TRUE , CHANNEL 4 , THURSDAY , 9PM .
Les Ferdinand believes English football continues to be inherently racist . He claims John Terry only reflected people 's thoughts in racism incident . Terry was stripped of England captaincy and got one game ban plus a fine . QPR director of football feels football handled the incident 'terribly ' He feels there is a disproportionate number of black coaches in the game . Ferdinand has only been offered four first-team coaching role in 10 years .