Jake Daniels of Blackpool.

[ste d' indica]

Jake Daniels becomes first UK male footballer to come out as gay since 1990

The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has described his ‘massive relief’ at coming out, becoming the first active UK male footballer since Justin Fashanu

www.theguardian.com

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has come out, at 17 years old. This is an incredibly courageous act, I hope he gets the support he deserves from his club and team mates and those fans with our heads on right will find equivalent courage to shout down the inevitable asshats who'll either hurl abuse or seek to make an issue of it.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Fair play to the young lad, must have been difficult for him, admitting to everyone you play for Blackpool.

 

[PKwalnuts]

Sad when it gets called courageous
Good luck to him

 

[Tin-Tin]

Good to see the official clubs posting replies to this.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Amazing courage from a 17yo lad. Heartbreaking to know the crap he’s going to have to take on the pitch but hopefully he’ll see that this legacy he’s created for himself will far outweigh all of that in the long run.

 

[Goat]

Good to see the official clubs posting replies to this.

Some of the replies are quite disgusting.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Monumental work from @chicoazul there

 

[Tin-Tin]

Amazing courage from a 17yo lad. Heartbreaking to know the crap he’s going to have to take on the pitch but hopefully he’ll see that this legacy he’s created for himself will far outweigh all of that in the long run.

Yep, any time there is a first they invariably take the brunt of the vitriol and abuse that follows.

Hopefully the league, FA and clubs back him and punish fans/players who abuse him (as you can guarantee there will be players who are just as bad)

Im hoping now that he has done this, more slowly start following.

 

[larbert toffee]

Well done son, so courageous, I hope he goes on to have a long and distinguished career and he's totally able to fulfill his wish to be a role model.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Some of the replies are quite disgusting.

To be expected. It happens with the rainbow campaign every year.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

One of those moments I find myself simultaneously thinking "cool", before shaking my head that in 2022 its something to celebrate. Slow progress is still progress though.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Yep, any time there is a first they invariably take the brunt of the vitriol and abuse that follows.

Hopefully the league, FA and clubs back him and punish fans/players who abuse him (as you can guarantee there will be players who are just as bad)

Im hoping now tgat he has done this, more slowly start following.

That has to be the hope. Horrible to think how many players must be struggling with having to hide who they are.

Lovely to hear how supportive his youth teammates have been prior to him going public, too. There’s hope for the youth yet!

 

[NathDogg]

Best of luck to the lad, in his life and his football career - football is a great game (or was before the corruption) but it’s attitude To everyday stuff like this and racism is still in the dark ages and it needs to modernise, so he’s incredibly brave and I hope other players follow his great example and come out to live their best lives. Why should they have to hide?

You hope right minded fans stamp out any rubbish that happens from the terraces, as they should with racism.

We’ve got gay doctors, nurses, lawyers, brickies, barman/women without any problem - why should football and footballers have to be any different?

 

[ste d' indica]

Some of the replies are quite disgusting.

Inevitably, sadly.

 

[blue to the bone]

The replies show just how poisonous religion is.