Les Ferdinand was accused of 'bringing the black mafia in' by QPR fans

Les Ferdinand has revealed he was accused by some QPR supporters of 'bringing the black mafia in' at the Championship club after appointing successive black managers.

Ferdinand resigned as QPR director of football last summer after an eight-year spell in the role, having previously starred for the club in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The 57-year-old highlighted criticism he had received in the role, including claims he was favouring black coaches after the appointments of Chris Ramsey and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Ramsey was appointed in February 2015 following the departure of Harry Redknapp as manager.

He was sacked as head coach later that year - before returning as technical director - with former Dutch international star Hasselbaink recruited from Burton Albion.

Ferdinand had called for a Rooney Rule-style law to be introduced in English football that same year in a effort to challenge a 'lack of diversity' in the game.

Speaking on the latest Stick To Football Podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, Ferdinand revealed the appointments of Ramsey and Hasselbaink had led to claims the club were favouring black coaches.

This included an accusation from some fans that he was bringing the 'black mafia' to QPR.

‘At the time we had a real democratic voting system at QPR. We would go an interview 20 to 30 different manager and whittle it down to the five best we thought would be in the style of QPR,' Ferdinand said.

'The owners would then come in on the interviewing process and have a chat, then we would put it to a vote. At the time of voting Jimmy came out on top, so we employed Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink after Chris Ramsey.

'The press started saying “are you doing it the other way” are you now being racist employing black managers.

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