Interesting one this, football at the playing level is one of the places where white privilege is less entrenched. Football at playing level is more meritocratic than most professions, rich people can't just pay to give their kids a good school or college education and get a leg up in football. Anyone can go kick a ball around in a local youth team and if you've got ability, clubs will be sniffing around. You've actually got to be good enough on the pitch, that is what matters. In my experiences coaches in UK football are not racist, they'll play whoever has what they think is the best ability.
At manager level not really sure. Can say Lampard did not get the job because of his dazzling managerial CV..., don't think it's because he's white either though. He got the job because he's a former Chelsea player, club top scorer and a legend, different kind of bias at work and you see it all the time in football at manager level, see also Utd Manager OGS.
Think he might be a bit sensitive about his credentials being questioned..., because obviously just looking at his CV and results only he shouldn't be already managing a top football team. Interesting point would be, would Cole or Drogba for example do any different job to what Lampard has? Hard one to answer.
