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A maths teacher and TV broadcaster has received hundreds of racist comments, including threats of violence, after discussing Gareth Southgate's record compared to recent England managers.

Bobby Seagull, former captain of the Emmanuel College Cambridge University team on University Challenge, said he felt "sadness, pity and anger" after a barrage of comments on his social media.

He had posted a clip from the Jeremy Vine show where he praised Southgate's performance as manager. It received 1.6 million views.

He said: "When a person of British Indian heritage is talking about football it should be fine, but it obviously attracted a lot of people from the woodwork on social media."

Mr Seagull was shocked by the barrage of abuse which he said he could expect to see on a politically angled post, but not on a clip about football statistics.

(Picture credit: Bobby Seagull)