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Will it though? Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I think the world is (largely) over that. I haven't seen it reported that there's been any backlash to his coming out neither from opposing fans or any 'no poofs in our club' response from any unreconstructed Blackpool fans. I'm only at games a few times a season, but don't get the impression that there's much appetite for homophobic abuse anymore.
I'm hopeful that any feared targeting will be a non-event, but maybe that's just stupidly naive. Are homophobic chants still made at Brighton fans?
That aside, agree that he'll now be under a lot of pressure at a really young age. Would like to see a couple of others take his lead now that the genie's out of the bottle, so he won't be wearing the Only Gay in the League tag for long.