If a Brighton football player were to 'come out'...

[The Large One]

... what would your reaction be? It's a further point to the Roar tomorrow, and to the Fashanu documentary.

I'm not talking about any particular footballer from any particular club. I find it hard to believe that society has moved on so little since Justin Fashanu came out. Perhaps you feel that, because this is Brighton, supposedly the 'Gay Capital of England', it's almost as though it's down to somewhere like this club to set the precedent.

After the so-called 'embarrassment' of calling the fans' bar 'Dick's Bar', are Brighton fans ready for a gay footballer to come out?

This is all of course assuming that there are any gay footballers at Brighton...

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

wouldnt be a problem in my opinion.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

... what would your reaction be? It's a further point to the Roar tomorrow, and to the Fashanu documentary.

I'm not talking about any particular footballer from any particular club. I find it hard to believe that society has moved on so little since Justin Fashanu came out. Perhaps you feel that, because this is Brighton, supposedly the 'Gay Capital of England', it's almost as though it's down to somewhere like this club to set the precedent.

After the so-called 'embarrassment' of calling the fans' bar 'Dick's Bar', are Brighton fans ready for a gay footballer to come out?

This is all of course assuming that there are any gay footballers at Brighton.

Poll to follow.

IF

 

[SeagullSongs]

We should support our players no matter what, unless they are found guilty of committing a serious crime.
Coming out is not a crime, therefore they would still receive my full support.

 

[Foolg]

Certainly wouldn't bother me at all. In fact, I think after a couple of weeks it'd all be forgotten, give or take the odd soft joke on here every so often and from opposition fans. The serious 'abuse' I'd expect would come from supporters of other clubs, certainly not our own fans, and to be honest the kind of people that backward in their views can think what they like, I wouldn't give a flying f***. They'd get banned if caught, and deservedly so. I'd like to think most Brighton fans have moved on from the days where homophobic abuse towards individuals was acceptable, let alone our own players.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Would obviously offer them as much support as I could as a fan (probably not a lot individually, but perhaps meaningful collectively).

For anyone interested in the subject who missed it, here is an article I wrote on homophobia in football: http://sweatshoptachinardi.blogspot.com/2011/11/homophobia-in-football-last-acceptable.html

 

[marshy68]

I would boo and hiss him

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Should it not be if any player in the English leagues...

 

[Lush]

I think ours would be the perfect club. Let's face it, we - and the players - are used to homophobia anyway, so it shouldn't put anyone off their game. Although the chants have been refreshingly absent since they started arresting people.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

i really wouldn't give a shit personally...i don't care who albion players put their dick into.....i guess i'd respect them for the action of coming out, as i can appreciate that it'd be quite difficult, but it wouldn't make me like or dislike them any more

however, i guarantee that some brighton fans WOULD care.......homophobia still exists in brighton......and in fact i can remember a certain well known poster on this site saying that he would disown his son if he 'came out'

 

[Lady Gull]

Couldn't give a toss - would be supportive - but would think it was a waste if it was Greer!!!!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

What if they got caught up in a sex scandell ?

 

[Brian Fantana]

100% behind them, as it were.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

It's irrelevant, they're here to play football, not run a working mens club.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Wouldn't bother me one way or the other, neither should it anyone else.

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Try to get his tweets

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Couldn't give a monkeys either way.

Which presumably is exactly how they'd want it. I don't suppose they'd especially want us waving rainbow flags and making up supportive chants based on Shirley Bassey songs.

 

[ees complicated no?]

Be a bit embarrassed
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Wouldn't be happy at all / let the player know this
1 4.00%

Name and shame ?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

i would throw rotten tomatoes at him

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

What if they got caught up in a sex scandell ?

i'd react in the same way as i would if a straight player was caught up in a sex scanDAL