'Appalled' Darren Moore WOULD lead Doncaster Rovers players off the pitch if they were racially abused

Both Paris Saint Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir left the field and forced Tuesday's Champions League Group H clash at Parc De Princes to be abandoned after it was alleged that fourth official Sebastian Coltescu used a racist term towards the Turkish side's assistant coach, Pierre Webo.

And Moore has thrown his backing behind the action taken by the players involved.

Asked if he would lead his own team off in similar circumstances, he replied: "Yes because we are all in it together.

"If the players feel strongly and one of them is a victim of racial abuse and it's that clear and apparent as it was in midweek [in Paris], then the players will show that unity, I'm sure.

"You've got to look at the incident and what happens at the time. The last thing I would want to do is abandon a game, but if it was as clear and apparent as that and it was heard by a multitude of people, then obviously it leaves the game in doubt."

Tuesday's incident in Paris saw two opposing teams united in their determination to make a stance against the alleged racial abuse, and that joint approach is something that Moore was left heartened by.

He added: "It's the most clear and apparent moment in football because with the players walking off the pitch, there is no game.

"Do I want to see players walk off the pitch? No. Do I want to see games abandoned? No, but when the players feel as strong as they did about a racial incident like that, which was clear and apparent to everybody, it was great to see both teams join together, united in a front and all of them come to that decision.

"It wasn't one or two players, it looked like both teams joined forces in terms of walking off and you have to support that because there's something that happened that everybody felt really strongly about.

"Throughout the whole world, we're trying to stamp it [racism] out. It came at a very high-level game but it's probably the most extreme circumstance in terms of getting that clear message out."

Those events in France came just four days after another unsavoury footballing incident made headlines, and one which occurred much closer to home.

Some Millwall supporters began booing when players from their own team and visiting Derby County took the knee before kick-off at The Den on Saturday afternoon.

Asked for his reaction to what happened in East London, Moore said that he was left "sad" for football.

"On Saturday I was really appalled by what I heard," he added.

"I was sad for the game in terms of where we're at because we're working hard to eradicate this [racism]. I was really saddened.

"The message is clear, the players taking the knee or showing the fist is a stand against racial inequality. It's nothing to do with anything political. I can't be any clearer than that.

"I've spoken to the players. I speak to players every single day and every single one of them is all about standing against racial issues and racial inequality. Not just in the game of football, but right across the world. Football is used as a platform to show support.

"Me as a manager, I support the players, and if they change the stance to something different then I will support that because we want to see that equality.

"It's about everybody together showing a united stance against racial inequality and while we are doing that and pushing towards that then we have to support it.

"Everybody has got their part to play. We've all got a part to play."