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‘More needed’ to tackle homophobia
- Updated: November 24, 2016
Amal Fashanu says football is making a welcome effort to tackle the problem of homophobia, but she feels there is more work to be done.
Amal is the niece of Justin Fashanu, the UK’s first openly gay footballer, who played for Norwich, Nottingham Forest and Notts County among others, before taking his own life in 1998.
And Amal told Sky Sports News HQ that football could be doing more to combat homophobia.
“I think they are doing something, I just don’t think it is enough, considering the amount of money that goes into football,” Amal said.
“We all know that football is so loved and so cherished, so you are thinking, there could be so many more things that we could put in place, so any footballer would feel comfortable to come out, which I don’t think at the time there …
