Comments on: Homophobia in Football

By: We’re one year old! Aww.. | gaelick

We’re one year old! Aww.. | gaelick — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:44:42 +0000

[...] Via mamanpoulet.com, we learned of Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) enforcing Mary Coughlan’s anti-gay laws. Perhaps it comes from the school of thought that thinks Katy Perry will burn in hell for all eternity. The death took place of Eileen Flynn, a teacher who was fired in the mid-1980s because of matters in her private life – a law which still stands today. News from bizzarre-o world told us that Maya Angelou was teaming up with Red Hurley (ya wha?!). A preview of the Dublin Theatre Festival brought us lesbonic highlights, plus the stage version of Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking”. There was also the top five hilarious targets of the religious right. Plus the first of many posts on the relationship between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. For some reason, too, the Irish government saw fit to put a religious fundie on the parliamentary committee charged with looking at the issues around the Lisbon Treaty. I wonder why that could possibly be? The month was rounded off with a review of ex-Dresden Dolls lady, Amanda Palmer, live at the Academy in Dublin; plus a look at homophobia in football. [...]

By: FA’s Anti-Homophobic Video Snubbed by Stars | gaelick

FA’s Anti-Homophobic Video Snubbed by Stars | gaelick — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:33:50 +0000

[...] football grounds is a real problem and it must be stamped out. It’s not that long ago since arrests were made when Spurs played Portsmouth. The FA have planned this video for two years and now [...]

By: Gooner

Gooner — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:12:55 +0000

Four fans have been banned from football matches for three years. Hopefully more to follow

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2009/jan/20/sol-campbell-abusive-chanting

By: Gooner

Gooner — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:55:58 +0000

11 fans have been charged

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-englandchanting&prov=reuters&type=lgns

By: Gooner

Gooner — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:10:16 +0000

Very true
I’m not a fan of Sky but in fairness to them it’s getting a great deal of coverage on Sky Sports News, I watch it most days and it has been shown over and over. The presentation is very good too, no jokes, they’re asking people to come forward

One thing I would like to say is that it seems to be football supporters who are giving the police the info, it’s great to see them coming forward and shows that they won’t allow a loud minority to ruin it for everyone so well done to those who have made statements.

By: click here

click here — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:27:55 +0000

That’s very good, in particular the police involvement. Seems that 12(?) have been arrested out of the 16:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7777021.stm (2)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7778417.stm (7)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7780557.stm (3)

It’s just a shame that it doesn’t get any more coverage on the BBC than it’s regional news (Hampshire). It’s not even on the BBC’s Sport website.

By: Gooner

Gooner — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:06:42 +0000

Here’s an update….
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7774114.stm

By: Gooner

Gooner — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:34:37 +0000

I just filled in the Premier League’s Survey and one of the questions was

Have you ever heard or see the following…
Abuse about sexuality (‘gay’ abuse)
Fighting
Missile throwing
Moderate swearing
Extreme swearing
Sexist comments
Racist comments

Looks like we’re top of the list

By: Gooner

Gooner — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:08:34 +0000

I doubt it’s dressing room taunts, I think it’s more from the crowd. Team sports don’t have the same edicate from the crowd as sports like tennis and golf which need the crowd to be silent

By: HAL

HAL — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:27:25 +0000

Actually now that you mention it, that’s right, it’s hardly ever in team sports that people come out. Could it really be down to dressing room taunts? Surely we’ve moved on from that…

By: gaelick» This and That » A Week of Gaelife: Sat Sept 27th to Friday Oct 3rd 2008

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:53:43 +0000

[...] And when the notion of ‘gay’ and ‘soccer’ do coincide, they connote the tragic story of Justin Fashanu. On Sunday, this issue came to the fore once more when former Spurs captain, Sol Campbell, was [...]

By: Gooner

Gooner — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:09:49 +0000

Wenger’s reaction here..

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/campbell-story

By: Gooner

Gooner — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:05:49 +0000

Thanks for the comment HAL. I know what you mean, someone has to stand up to it but that should really be FIFI, the world body, or at least the English FA.

Solo sports like tennis and golf seem to have people coming out rather than team sports – or is it the fact that in those sports there’s an eticate for the crowd to follow, not present in sports like football or rugby?

By: HAL

HAL — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:07:21 +0000

Interesting. Sport does seem to be one of the last bastions of the closet alright. As a rugby fan, I remember when one of our Refs came out before the World Cup. The ‘hands off’ comments still go around the ground when he refs a game. (In rugby you’re not allowed have your hands in the ruck, so refs shout ‘hands off it’s a ruck’ to players in warning).

It rankles with me though, that Campbell’s manager said “if Sol wants to do that we are right behind him”. I think the manager should make a stand on the issue whether or not it has to be specific to Campbell.

Everyone seems to be waiting for someone to do something, rather than do it themselves.