Bonus episode; Stories of our times - Where are all the gay footballers?

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A bonus episode, originally appearing in the Stories of our times feed.

All this week, rainbow coloured bootlaces and armbands are being worn by football players nationwide. This is to mark the Premier League's annual 'rainbow laces' campaign in support of the LGBT+ community. As well as being a celebration of inclusion, the campaign serves as a reminder of the absence of openly gay professional male footballers in the sport. Why is this still the case?

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Guest:

Rebecca is a sports reporter and feature writer for the Times and Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips used: Football Daily, Kick It Out, BBC Three, ITV.

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0:29.0	Hi, this is Hugh Wosenencroft. This is a bonus episode in your feed this week on the game
0:36.8	podcast. During the Premier League's Rainbow Laces campaign, this episode of Stories of Our
0:41.8	Times looks at the question of why no
0:44.2	players from the top football leagues have come out during their football careers.
0:48.6	With lockdown lifting, football stadiums are reopening and fans are flooding back.
0:58.0	There is nothing like the roar of the crowd.
1:01.0	Thousands of people singing your name.
1:03.0	It's what makes match day so great.
1:06.0	But there are some aspects of live football crowds
1:09.0	that the players are hoping won't be back
1:11.0	as this campaign for Kick It Out highlighted.
1:14.4	We've all heard it.
1:16.4	You may think chanting about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people is just
1:21.2	banter.
1:22.2	It isn't. As the sporting world marks Rainbow Laces Day, we ask, why is it that in women's football there are a number of prominent gay players and yet when it comes
1:36.8	to male footballers there isn't a single openly gay player in any of the top European leagues.
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