Romans FC - one of Londons gay / bi-iendly and clive football clubs - have joed the Millwall fay. Communy Tst CEO Sean Daly and Romans player-boss Pl Lodg expla to Sky Sports why s a perfect partnership
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Image source, Cambridghire PoliceImage ptn, Pl Gaynor, Gaston Van Houwelgen and Jon Roe were jailedThree football fans have been jailed for their part a "large fight" near Peterborough Uned's bottl were ed as weapons on Oundle Round when Peterborough played Millwall on 3 October Gaynor, 34, of Southwark, London, was jailed for 15 months after beg nvicted of Roe, 30, of Southwark, and Gaston Van Houwelgen, 44, of Newham, London, were jailed for eight months after pleadg guilty to ptn, The disorr happened near a pub on Oundle Road durg Peterborough Uned's home game agast MillwallA further four men were given spend jail Wright, 22, of Hornchurch, London, was given a 32-week jail sentence spend for two years wh 200 hours' unpaid work, while David Stone, 54, of Southwark, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment spend for two Reid, 26, of Southwark, was given a 38-week imprisonment spend for two years alongsi 220 hours' unpaid work and Shn McNulty, 22, of Pheasant Way, Peterborough, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment spend for two years and 100 hours' unpaid seven men were also hand football banng orrs, preventg them om attendg football match for between three and eight Mark Wood, Cambridghire football telligence officer, said: "This was a large fight an area where the general public was passg through.
At least eight Millwall fans were arrted nnectn wh the cint, but only two Millwall fans were brought before the urts - Jay Roberts, 33, of Friary Road, Peckham, and Pl Gaynor of Braganza Street, Kenngton, were found guilty for their part the trouble July. Pl Gaynor was 17 when he is alleged to have murred Patrick Fergon on July 30, 2000. Gaynor, o.
5 mFootball has long had a difficult relatnship wh homophobia which is seen as an aspect of discrimatn rarely addrsed wh the game. Although clubs, alongsi mpaigns such as Football v Homophobia and LGBTQI iendly football teams are workg hard to bat the issue, a number of recent occurrenc prove there is still a long way to go.