All White Tom Doyle glad to be back in NZ after unsettling encounter with neo-Nazism | Stuff

Tom Doyle, NZ Footballer

Tom Doyle is enjoying New Zealand, after an unsettling four-month stint in a German city that was the site of major neo-Nazi marches in 2018.

The 11-cap All White is in Tahiti this week with Auckland City, chasing success in the OFC Champions League and a place at the Fifa Club World Cup in December.

As he soaks up the sunlight in the Pacific – and does his job on the pitch, whether at left back or left centre back – he is glad to be back on this side of the world.

At the start of August, shortly after Doyle made his debut for Chemnitzer FC in the German third tierthe club sacked its captain, Daniel Frahn, accusing him of openly displaying sympathy for neo-Nazi elements within its support base.

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See this video discussing the rise of the far-right in Chemnitz:

https://www.euronews.com/embed/745054

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