“It annoys me that that has to happen,” Mather added. When Sky Sports published their interview with Daniels, they limited who comments under the post. When Proud Terriers tweeted to congratulate Daniels, the post received several derogatory comments, including one saying “hell is waiting”. “Whenever a story like this happens, on social media there’s always comments that are unacceptable,” he said. Mather also said that while Daniels’ coming out shows how far the football world has progressed over the years, it’s also a sign that more needs to be done to tackle homophobia in the sport. I think the authorities still have to do a lot more.” But unfortunately we’ve got a lot more hearts and minds to win. ![]() He added: “Our quest, as football fans’ organisations, is always to make ourselves redundant. “Within hours of the news coming out received abuse about this, which I think sums up unfortunately the cesspit social media has become,” he said. Rishi Madlani, co-chair of LGBTQ+ football fan network Pride in Football, said that he was delighted to see news of Daniels coming out, but acknowledged that more still must be done by football authorities to combat homophobia and transphobia in the sport.
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