Stoney wrote:Maybe not Stags related so mods can move if they wish.
A unknown footballer has created an account on Twitter called TheGayFootballer. He states he is a Championship player and over the past few days he has come out to his family, his manager and the chairman.
He is due to come out publicly in the next few days or weeks and I for one hope he gets supported! Apparently this will be the first openly gay professional footballer since Fashanu 29 years ago, Hitzslsperger came out after he retired and I believe there is Liam Davis playing for Torquay. Hopefully this will encourage others to come out and times will change.
James wrote:Just out of interest, why Simon Heslop?
Woodclanger 1 wrote:Thought I read somewhere this Twitter account was a fake one set up by a teenage Reading fan??
m1cksut wrote:so, given that footballers have shared communal baths since the year dot, they kiss and hug each other after scoring a goal, and are often very emotional at the end of a game/season etc, is anyone at all surprised that there are gay footballers?
the only surprise is that so few have come out!
Jimstag wrote:Can’t believe this is a big story in this day and age, that said I don’t think we should be naming (or is it hunting) homosexual players from our past and present. I’m sure there’s a reason they haven’t disclosed it and you could be wrong? Hopefully in many cases it because they’re comfortable and it’s not a big deal to them rather than fear of responses.
my name is jonas wrote:Don’t really get why they are creating an anonymous twitter hyping it up like it’s a soap opera reveal.
In this day and age does anyone really care, there are openly gay people everywhere.
The whole big reveal makes it more of a publicity stunt to get whoever it is a big front page news spread, prob a load of money from it and play on the fact he’s gay.
Whole thing seems a bit fake and set up to me.
m1cksut wrote:so, given that footballers have shared communal baths since the year dot, they kiss and hug each other after scoring a goal, and are often very emotional at the end of a game/season etc, is anyone at all surprised that there are gay footballers?
the only surprise is that so few have come out!
Jimstag wrote:Actually 1 question I do have regarding this is in the changing room in that Phil Neville is not allowed in the women’s changing room for a set period and team talks held on the pitch for fairly obvious reasons, would some sort of regulation like this have to happen for an openly gay player?
It is OTT for me but at the same time it opens a whole minefield for me.
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