Tam Courts admits he couldn’t have lived with himself if he’d turned a deaf ear to the racism storm that brought his Honved adventure to a sudden end after just four months.
The former Dundee United boss shocked Scottish football when he left Tannadice in the summer to take on the fresh challenge at the fallen Hungarian giants. But it didn’t take long for Courts to realise he’d stepped out of his comfort zone in more ways than one.
Two racist incidents in his 14 games in charge - the second of which saw his final match held up for 10 minutes and Honved hit with a one-game fan ban - made his situation untenable. Courts famously held up a Show Racism the Red Card T-shirt to away supporters last season after Dundee United’s Jeando Fuchs claimed he’d been subjected to abuse after a game against Ross County. And he insists he could never have turned a blind eye after Zalaegerszeg’s Dutch coach Ricardo Moniz was subjected to monkey chants in Budapest last month.
