Today marks 30 years since LGBT charity Stonewall first began their incredible work. Back in November, we spoke with co-founder of Stonewall FC, Aslie Pitter MBE, about his remarkable story and experience of homophobia in English football throughout the last three decades. Here's what he had to say...
“He put me on the spot: ‘Why are you playing in a gay tournament,’ he asked. I confessed: I’m gay. It just went quiet.
“At that time I was playing in the club's first team. But the guys weren’t comfortable playing alongside me after that, so I got dropped right down to the fourth team.