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'Only in football do 50,000 people call the referee a f*cking w*nker' – Begovic hits out at 'vile' stadium atmospheres

Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic revealed that he refuses to take his children to football games because of the vicious insults that are commonplace on match days.

Begovic, 32, has spent the best part of the last decade in English football.

Having made his name at Stoke City, the Bosnia international played understudy to Thibaut Courtois at Chelsea for two seasons before moving to Bournemouth in a bid for regular first-team football.

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But while he makes his living in the game, he admits that he finds it hard to enjoy football as a spectator.