Football 'cannot tolerate' racism - Barry-Murphy

Brian Barry-Murphy has said football "cannot tolerate" racism following the alleged abuse of an opposition player by a Cardiff City fan.

The Bluebirds head coach was pleased with the club's "strong" response after a home supporter was accused of making racist gestures at Lincoln City captain Tendayi Darikwa during the League One match on 7 March.

Cardiff issued a statement in which they said they were "disgusted by the repugnant behaviour" of the individual.

The club has confirmed to BBC Sport Wales the incident is now being dealt with by police after an individual presented themselves to the club.

"My wife is black, my children are mixed race so it's something very much at the front of my mind," said Barry-Murphy.

"We have so many black and mixed race players in our academy and in our team and it's not acceptable to see it anywhere in society or in any football stadium.

"And the fact that it's a player from another team doesn't mean that we can accept or tolerate it.

"I'm really pleased the club are going to deal with it in the strongest possible manner and that the player is OK.

"Rather than just condemn it and say something's going to happen, to see something actually happen is very important."

Lincoln won the fixture 2-0 to overtake Cardiff for top spot in the table.

But the game was halted for around four minutes as referee Tom Reeves spoke to both dugouts after Rob Street netted the opening goal.

Speaking before Saturday's trip to Exeter City, Barry-Murphy said some Cardiff academy players were racially abused during a recent trip to Barcelona.

The Irishman said he hopes anyone found guilty of racist abuse will be educated to prevent further issues occurring.

"Our supporters are incredible and for this to happen in our stadium is not reflective of them," he added.

"But the person who did this obviously needs educating on the effects this can have on the person that he does it to and also the people who witness it."

He added: "So many of our supporters are from different backgrounds - it's one of the beauties of our club.

"Our academy went to Barcelona two weeks ago and suffered racial abuse to our players. (Academy manager) Gavin Chesterfield and the FAW (Football Association of Wales) have been really active in supporting and making sure that the strongest possible sanctions are in place and the strongest possible support is in place for the people, the players and staff.

"The process has to be really clear and if it happens to another player in our stadium, our responsibility is to make it clear what we stand for as a club, what support we're going to offer to the player it happened to, and also for our own players and supporters to see what it looks like to be in our club at this time."

The alleged abuse during the Lincoln game comes a month after the Football Association charged Cardiff over alleged homophobic chants made by some fans during their EFL Cup tie against Chelsea in December.