Ex-England star Sol Campbell: Puma wanted me to be a gay footballer | PkNews

Contents:

• SOL CAMPBELL: I NEARLY QU FOOTBALL OVER GAY MOURS AND RACISM
• WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?
• EX-ENGLAND STAR SOL CAMPBELL: PUMA WANTED ME TO BE A GAY FOOTBALLER
• SOL CAMPBELL IS GAY
• SOL CAMPBELL TAK THE FIGHT FORWARD: THE EX-FOOTBALL STAR ON RACE, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THOSE GAY SLURS
• SOL CAMPBELL'S BROTHER JAILED FOR ATTACK OVER GAY MOUR

SOL CAMPBELL: I NEARLY QU FOOTBALL OVER GAY MOURS AND RACISM

For years, they have subjected Campbell to a torrent of vile homophobic abe that go way beyond legimate ribbg and chants clu:"He's big, he's black.

Or, perhaps, to the ath of footballer Jt Fashanu who hanged himself 1998, after years of anti-gay years, Tottenham and the Football Associatn (FA) did nothg. Seven years of homophobic hatred agast Campbell me to a head on Sunday September 28 at Fratton Park, when Tottenham played Portsmouth.

Hundreds, possibly thoands, of Spurs fans joed the anti-gay chants. This is disgtg, vile abe - whether is homophobic or racist, any abe of that nature is simply not acceptable. Given the large number of fans who homophobilly abed Campbell, and the difficulty intifyg them, a one-match ban on all Spurs fans might be jtified.

WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?

Although I don't want to penalise the nocent, uld efully prompt a b of peer prsure on the terrac to ll time on anti-gay abe.

Persuadg them to dch their bigotry is a better long-term FA should anise the mass distributn of anti-homophobia leaflets to Spurs fans at the club's next few match, and make a PA announcement at the start of the next Spurs kick-off, warng that homophobic, racist and antisemic sults of any kd are unacceptable and that offendg clubs and fans will be penalised. The FA uld sist that there are siar anti-homophobia msag on tickets, match programm and on the giant screens si needs be a high-level meetg between the FA and the Spurs management, wh Tottenham beg required to draw up a plan of actn to te their fans clubs should agree to troduce a five-year ban on players and fans who dulge racist and homophobic Gay Football Supporters Network is also prsg Spurs and the FA for tough actn:. There has been no wispread publicy om Tottenham to s fans over the changed ground regulatns prohibg homophobic chants, and no word om the club on how breach of the regulatns would be alt wh, " said GFSN.

The FA and GFSN have worked together to enurage greater dialogue wh the profsnal clubs stigatg the ground regulatns outlawg homophobic abe by havg volunteer liaison officers to discs such issu wh the clubs.

EX-ENGLAND STAR SOL CAMPBELL: PUMA WANTED ME TO BE A GAY FOOTBALLER

Homophobic abe of footballers is pletely unacceptable and is one of the ma reasons why there are no out gay profsnal footballers. Who n blame them, sce openly gay players are likely to be subjected to siar homophobia.

SOL CAMPBELL IS GAY

Many of the popular anti-Sol chants of the day riffed on the mour that he was a closet homosexual.

SOL CAMPBELL TAK THE FIGHT FORWARD: THE EX-FOOTBALL STAR ON RACE, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THOSE GAY SLURS

Not te, says Campbell (somethg he once had to tell a reprentative om Puma, hopeful about endorsg football's first openly gay player) fans, says Campbell, "were abg my life, abg my name, abg my liberty, abg who I am. Some fans shouted worse thgs, and Campbell, who was sgle and kept his private life private, was subjected to mors that he was gay.

SOL CAMPBELL'S BROTHER JAILED FOR ATTACK OVER GAY MOUR

The fenr is straight and has a son wh his ex-wife, but was a persistent victim of homophobic chants durg the peak of his playg reer. He told the Tim of experiencg racism and homophobia: “You still have the banana jok.