As I was the one who threw those bananas in to the pitch I would like to give you some comments on this issue. First of all I agree with you that throwing bananas is really stupid thing to do. It may seem racist action but actually I didn´t concider it as racism. People do stupid things when they are drunk and this was one of those days when you were too pissed and chose to irritate RoPS-fans by throwing bananas.

So why did I do it? I did it because I hate RoPS that have illegal stadium conditions which are against the rules of Finnish FA. RoPS have neglected these so called “league licence rules” for several years and when they have done this they have caused a major obstacle for other clubs and for the whole football family to develop football in Finland. For me it is clear that RoPS is a terrorist club that has destroyed the potential and the so called EOM-spirit. This is why majority of Finnish football fans dislike RoPS so much. I thought that the best way to irritate RoPS-fans is to throw bananas in to the pitch. That´s why I did it. For me it was not about racism at all. It was just about showing middle finger to most stupid football club and their moron supporters. That´s it. I´m very sorry.

After the incident I have realised that throwing bananas into the pitch was not the best way to protest against Rovaniemi or RoPS. I am against all kinds of racist abuse. I have lot of foreign friends: Russians, Etiopians, Nigerians etc. It doesn´t matter if you´re black or white. I´m aware that there is a big risk that some one who doesn´t understand the circumstances would concider that the action that I did was racist. But I assure you my motives were 0% racist.

Luckily in Finnish football there is not systematic racism. But sometimes there are drunken people who may have stupid actions or stupid shout-outs. We should not tolerate any kind of stupid actions that may have racist nature. Let´s keep racism out of Finnish football! Love and Peace!

You could disprove that presumption, but it doesn’t seem to me that you have a very strong case. ‘Negro’ derives from ‘negroid’ , a very specific racial descriptor that refers to black Africans. Lindström’s ethnicity is Indian, and ‘neekeri’ is often used towards people who are not black african, and never in a positive way. At least I’ve never heard it used in a positive way.

Bananas were thrown at HJK’s end while the game was being played in the RoPS’ end. Klubi’s Ville Wallen was the nearest player.

“An opposing player complained that he had been forced to mark a nigger. He also called me a nigger when I went into a tackle too hard.”

I’m willing to bet the word used was “neekeri” which would translate to “negro”, not “nigger”. “Nigger” in Finnish would be “nekru”. While neekeri is often considered to be a racist term, it is far more neutral than nekru (aka nigger).