Tony Nicolai Ernst (born 31 October 1966) is a journalist and writer about

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, based in

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. He is the founder of '' Gidappa'', which describes itself as "The Only Swedish Magazine about Black Music".

Jan Majlard rivalry

In 2004, Tony Ernst criticized Swedish journalist

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for several attacks on the

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soccer star

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, including a personal attack where Majlard compared Zlatan with

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. A debate between Ernst and Majlard followed, where Ernst explained that "he wouldn't walk out of a press conference in case the star player avoided answering a question", referring to when Majlard left a press conference after Zlatan refused to answer his question. The rivalry heated up in 2006, when Majlard wrote an article for

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where he attacked Ernst again. The day after a derby game between

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and Hammarby was stopped following hooliganism among Hammarby supporters, Majlard wrote an article for Svenska Dagbladet where he attacked Ernst again, and only referred to him as "a cultural worker". He also pointed out that Ernst was a member of

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's official fan club, and called him a "hooligan with a goosepen". Ernst responded with an article on a Malmö FF fan site where he criticized Swedish sports journalism, and focused on Majlard labelling MFF Support as hooligans.HimmelRiket
/ref> Ernst pointed out that MFF Support have worked against violence, racism, and hooliganism. And he also criticized Majlard for "labelling MFF Support's 4.000 members as hooligans". Majlard's one-word response to Ernst' article was "Skvallerbyttabingbång!" (''"Nyah-nyah, you tattler!"'') Ernst was the chairman of

from 2006 until 2009.

References

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