English Premier player Joey Barton says soccer needs to embrace a gay player - Outsports

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• JOEY BARTON: 'OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER WH 10 YEARS'
• JOEY BARTON NAMED STRAIGHT ALLY OF THE YEAR AT BRA'S 'GAY OSRS'
• JOEY BARTON: 'OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER WH 10 YEARS'
• QPR MIDFIELR JOEY BARTON NOMATED FOR 'GAY OSR' AFTER WORKG TO ERADITE HOMOPHOBIA FOOTBALL
• ENGLISH PREMIER PLAYER JOEY BARTON SAYS SOCCER NEEDS TO EMBRACE A GAY PLAYER
• SOCCER WRER FANTASIZ ABOUT JOEY BARTON BEG GAY, BEE HE DPIS JOEY BARTON
• JOEY BARTON NOMATED FOR BRA'S 'GAY OSR'
• BRISH FOOTBALLER JOEY BARTON SPEAKS OUT AGAST HOMOPHOBIA, REVEALS UNCLE IS GAY
• DAILY MAIL FOOTBALL WRER MART SAMUEL THKS THAT JOEY BARTON SHOULD COME OUT AS BEG GAY.
• COLUMNIST SAYS ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER JOEY BARTON SHOULD E AS GAY
• JOEY BARTON PUNCHED THE HEAD OUTSI GAY NIGHTCLUB

JOEY BARTON: 'OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER WH 10 YEARS'

Amal Fashanu, niece of Jt Fashanu, the only ever openly gay Brish profsnal footballer wants to know why no gay player has followed her uncle's boots over 20 's Park Rangers pta, Joey Barton has said there is no doubt his md that wh the next 10 years there will be an openly gay out more Bra's Gay Footballers, which will be broadst on Monday 30 January at 21:00 GMT on BBC Three. The QPR midfielr has endured a ntroversial existence on the football field but has been fightg to kick homophobia out of footballAward wner: QPR midfielr Barton claimed a major award at the 'gay Osrs'Queens Park Rangers midfielr Joey Barton has been award the veted Straight Ally of the Year gong at the Out In The Cy & G3 Magaze Awards on Friday eveng. The glzy ceremony, dubbed Bra's 'gay Osrs' took place at London's Landmark Hotel.

JOEY BARTON NAMED STRAIGHT ALLY OF THE YEAR AT BRA'S 'GAY OSRS'

Barton, the former Marseille, Newstle and Manchter Cy midfielr, has been hailed havg fought to eradite homophobia om football and was regnised for his efforts by rears of the popular gay magaz.

The QPR star was prented wh his award by TV prenter Pl O'Grady, havg attend the awards the pany of his gay uncle, Tom Barton. "I am proud to support mpaigns aimed at eraditg homophobia om football and I will ntue to do so, " said Barton upon receivg his award. "My uncle Tom is gay, and he's here wh me tonight.

JOEY BARTON adms he kept his te personaly secret earlier his reer – bee he feared team-mat would have prumed he was BartonJOEY BARTON adms he kept his te personaly secret earlier his reer – bee he feared team-mat would have prumed he was gay.

JOEY BARTON: 'OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER WH 10 YEARS'

Barton (above) says: “If I said I was gog to art galleri and listeng to The Smhs there would probably have been an element that thought I was homosexual.

The ntroversial midfielr is shortlisted for an award by 'Out the Cy' magaze for his efforts to tackle prejudiceGay in: Barton has been shortlisted for an award by gay liftyle magaze Out the CyQueens Park Rangers midfielr Joey Barton has been nomated for a 'Gay Osr' by rears of a natnal gay liftyle magaze.

The QPR man has fought to try and eradite homophobia throughout football, and is beg regnised for his efforts by Out the Cy magaze.

QPR MIDFIELR JOEY BARTON NOMATED FOR 'GAY OSR' AFTER WORKG TO ERADITE HOMOPHOBIA FOOTBALL

"Joey Barton's work to tackle homophobia football is highly mendable so is no surprise that he has been short-listed, " she said. " Former Leeds Uned wger Robbie Rogers me out as gay last year, but claimed that he had received no ntact om fellow footballers about an anti-homophobia mpaign last month. In a BBC documentary on gays soccer, Barton reveals that he has a gay uncle and implor his sport to embrace a gay player.

There is no doubt my md that the next 10 years we have an openly gay footballer, " Barton said on the program "Bra's Gay Footballers. "The archaic figur thk if they had a gay footballer, they would have all kds of shenanigans gog on the drsg room.

Barton talked about what a great legacy his current generatn of players uld create if they embraced an openly gay teammate.

ENGLISH PREMIER PLAYER JOEY BARTON SAYS SOCCER NEEDS TO EMBRACE A GAY PLAYER

Kickg out homophobia: Barton tackl the mpaign (Picture: Ben Duffy)Joey Barton believ is time football ught up wh other sports and embraced s gay players. The QPR midfielr is spearheadg a mpaign by booki Paddy Power and gay chary Stonewall – and supported by Metro – to get footballers to don s rabow bootlac this weekend.

Players at 134 profsnal teams Bra have been sent the lac to promote the Right Behd Gay Footballers msage which aims to tackle homophobia the natnal game.

Barton nces will not be easy for the first Brish player to e out, spe former gby star Gareth Thomas and cricketer Steven Davi beg openly gay. Former Norwich footballer Jt Fashanu revealed he was gay 1990, mtg suici eight years later. MORE: Robbie Rogers ‘ out’ as gay – football world reacts.

SOCCER WRER FANTASIZ ABOUT JOEY BARTON BEG GAY, BEE HE DPIS JOEY BARTON

Barton add: ‘It’ll be credibly difficult to be the first player to e out until the game mak easier for gay players to do so.

‘To any gay footballers, we have to say: “We will support you. Campaigner: Barton wants his fellow players to tie up rabow lac this weekend (Picture: Ben Duffy)Figur om Paddy Power show the chanc of there not beg a gay footballer among the 5, 000 profsnal players England and Stland is more than a quadragtilln to one.

JOEY BARTON NOMATED FOR BRA'S 'GAY OSR'

‘If there are gay players out there – and when you look at the odds, they are credible – hopefully this weekend will help, ’ he said.

Fans would be held to acunt if they did that now and that’s the way you hope homophobia will also be alt wh.

BRISH FOOTBALLER JOEY BARTON SPEAKS OUT AGAST HOMOPHOBIA, REVEALS UNCLE IS GAY

No ordary Joe: Barton wants to see gay footballers supported (Picture: Ben Duffy)…Twter. As far as we know, there's been no ditn that English soccer player Joey Barton is gay.

DAILY MAIL FOOTBALL WRER MART SAMUEL THKS THAT JOEY BARTON SHOULD COME OUT AS BEG GAY.

That's why Daily Mail lumnist Mart Samuel fds so appealg to image Barton g out as homosexual, bee.... The gay prsure group, Stonewall, has lled aga for football to tackle s ‘culture of fear', while Anrs Lgaard, the Manchter Uned goalkeeper, has said that football needs a ‘gay hero' here's a thought.

Why not e out as gay? The first is that gay-rights supporters are lamentg the absence of any out soccer players, so 's funny to thk of someone shuttg them up by pretendg to be gay even if he's not, bee g out is basilly a PR move nowadays.

Hey, who says Barton isn't gay?

COLUMNIST SAYS ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER JOEY BARTON SHOULD E AS GAY

Bee French people are totally gay, too!

JOEY BARTON PUNCHED THE HEAD OUTSI GAY NIGHTCLUB

Controversial footballer Joey Barton has been shortlisted for an annual awards, dubbed Bra's "Gay Osr", for his support for eraditg homophobia the game.