SWINDON Town goalie Wes Foderingham took part in a Kick it Out workshop to help bring a stop to racism and prejudice.

Wes, 24, spoke to Year 6 pupils at Drove Primary School as part of a session with the charity and encouraged them to help give racist behaviour the red card.

The stopper spoke frankly to the children about when he’d experienced racism in football.

“When we played Morecambe away, in League 2, I was coming out the dressing room on to the team bus and I heard somebody say ‘go back to your own country’.

"I said to him 'what are you talking about?' I went up to him and spoke to him and he couldn’t give me answer and it left him feeling embarrassed,” said Wes, who was born in London.

“If that happened again I’d do the same thing. We need to give people education.”

Wes spoke about how footballers report racist behaviour on the pitch and also encouraged young people not turn a blind eye at school.

He said: “If you experience racism, speak to your teachers make sure you report it.

"When I was at school I’ve seen it happen with friends and it is not nice but even it is your friends report it.

“Through workshops like this footballers know all what shouldn’t be done. Obviously we’ve seen issues with Luis Suarez and John Terry in recent years but I think things are a lot better than they were 20 or 30 years ago.

“Being involved Kick it Out has opened my eyes and shows how racism affects people day to day.”

Wes was also questioned about football by the children and asked whether he was the best keeper in the world.

He said: “I would say, I’m probably the second best in the world, behind Manuel Neuer.”

Wes told the pupils that if he ever was to leave Town he’d like to play for Barcelona.

The popular player posed for photographs and signed autographs for the children. Former Aston Villa and Charlton Athletic footballer Paul Mortimer, 46, oversaw the Kick it Out session.

He was full of praise for Wes and the support he gives to the charity as an ambassador.

Paul, Kick it Out’s professional players’ engagement manager, said: “Wes is such a credit. To have a current professional player come and visit the children is fantastic, I know footballers get a bad rep but look how keen he is to speak to the kids and sign autographs.

“The pupils at Drove Primary School have been absolutely brilliant and come up with some really fantastic questions.”

Paul, a former Premier League star, played in the '80s and '90s and said racism has reduced since his days on the pitch.

He said: “I remember a game where I had absolutely anything thrown at me. I had darts, ball bearings, batteries, bottles, cans, rocks and fruit with traders selling stuff to throw outside grounds.”

The campaigner also slammed the racist behaviour of Chelsea fans who wouldn’t let a black man board a train in Paris when they were in France for a Champions League match last week.

“It was mind-blowing to see the video, you can’t blame Chelsea as they can’t control what people do but these people shouldn’t just be banned from football, they should be dealt with to the full extent of the law,” Paul said.

“This is society’s problem, not just football’s, and it should be dealt with properly. There isn’t a simple solution but clearly more education is needed and that is what we are trying to get out there.”