Kenny Dalglish sacked

In football, it's sadly all about winning. If you keep winning, the errors that you make can by and large be overlooked. But woe betide if you fail, the mismanagement of certain situations will certainly be the stick that drives you out the door.

And so it has come to pass with ‘King’ Kenny Dalglish. Liverpool won the League Cup. If they had also won the FA cup, the manager's mishandling of the Luiz Suarez racism incident would have been overlooked. However, finishing in 8th place in the league below their arch rivals Everton as well as making a bad situation worse by engulfing the whole club in the racism row, the American owners seem to want to make a clean break from the past.

In terms of football drama, this season has been unforgettable. Even before the nerve jangling ending between the two Manchester clubs at the weekend, this season has shown why English football is watched around the world my millions of fans. And yet this passed seaons will also be remembered for racism both on and off the field. Worse still, how in some quarter's denial was order of the day.

I’m sure the FA and Premier League clubs will have learnt much from this season about what is and what isn’t acceptable. We should also remind ourselves that in comparison to many places around the world, we are light-years ahead when it comes to dealing with racism.

Simon Woolley