Fashanu To Be Inducted Into Museum Hall of Fame

By Daily Sports on February 20, 2020

Former British footballer, Justin Fashanu, is to be inducted into the Football Museum Hall of Fame two decades after he committed suicide. Credit: Daily Cannon

Justin Fashanu, who in 1990 became the first English professional footballer to reveal he was gay, will be honoured on Wednesday by being inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame.

Fashanu will be honoured on what would have been his 59th birthday — he hanged himself in May 1998 — an occasion also marked by a reminder from Manchester United that homophobia still exists in football.

Chelsea had issued a statement on Tuesday saying “a large group of Manchester United fans made unacceptable homophobic chants.

“A number of these away supporters were prevented from entering the stadium and others were ejected during the game.”

United also issued a statement in response.

Anti-gay chants “directed against Chelsea FC — or any other club — by some of our fans runs counter to our values,” read the statement.

“We were the first club to sign up to the TeamPride coalition and continue to collaborate with Stonewall and other anti-discriminatory organisations in this area.”

Fashanu’s niece Amal, who recalls her uncle’s tragic death when she was aged nine, will accept the award in Manchester.

Fashanu had a sublime talent and a penchant for scoring spectacular goals — one for Norwich against Liverpool in February 1980 was voted goal of the season.

Such efforts earned him a one million pound move to Nottingham Forest in 1981 — the first black player in British football to break that barrier — but he failed to click with the manager Brian Clough(AFP)

•PHOTO: Justin Fashanu 

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 20, 2020


 

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