Homophobia in football - BBC news article

Whitechapel said:

This.

I mentioned the homophobic abuse to a steward quite early on and he told me shut up, watch the game and to stop watching the Leicester fans.

Piss poor stewarding,

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fosters headband said:

A chief steward at Barnsley last season provoked a skirmish by calling three Brighton fans rent boys and those fans received a three year ban for it.
So get involved with any stewards about this subject at away games, at your own peril.

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edna krabappel said:

I actually find it vaguely insulting, as a football fan, when the media perpetuate the idea that crowds would give an out gay player fifty shades of abuse. I really don't think it is the case. But all the time that view is expressed, then it makes it, sadly, less likely that a player will feel it's worth coming out.

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I remember the good times said:

The first to 'come out' will get so much abuse from the terraces that there wouldn't be a second.

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