Depressing either way, that it was a hoax, or that the player felt that it was too damaging.
I dont think the press would have run this without being pretty sure it was genuine.
It appears that the vast majority of tweets have been broadly supportive, and I suspect they would have ample evidence either way and would have stopped if it was an experiment.
Given the amount of interest this now has, I suspect if it was fake, the account would have been closed and the...
Former Premier League footballer Carl Hoefkens has revealed that he knows of at least two gay professional players in the UK.
The 39-year-old also said that he played with a third gay player during his career in Belgium, saying that in all of the instances the men in question did not hide their...
Thanks.
If a Palace player came out, I suspect with all of the homophobic stuff they have thrown at us over the years there would be some definite piss taking, but I would hope we would be a little more 'grown-up' about it as a result of the years of hearing it every week, but as we have our...