What role did agents and player representatives play in advising footballers on personal matters, including their sexuality?

Feb 11, 2019 ... Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu, British Nigerian was a footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. Feb 19, 2020 ... Justin Fashanu was more than just the first out gay male footballer, but it is right that we remember he came out at a time that it was unheard of within ... Feb 20, 2019 ... Artist Colin Yates' first Justin Fashanu portrait was 'Ups and Downs', completed in 1998, the year the footballer died. Feb 27, 2023 ... Justin Fashanu came out as gay via an interview with the tabloid newspaper The Sun. In doing so, he became the first openly gay professional footballer in the ... Jun 28, 2021 ... ... Justin Fashanu. A footballer, whose sporting achievements have been ... The garish, playful hairstyles of football players Tairibo West ... Oct 22, 2020 ... A week later, his brother, fellow footballer John Fashanu, disowned Justin in the black newspaper, The Voice. “John Fashanu: My gay brother is ... Sep 21, 2020 ... In a letter via the Justin Fashanu Foundation the player says football has 'not moved on' Mar 20, 2025 ... British football (soccer) player who was the first professional footballer to come out as gay. Fashanu was initially raised in the London area of Hackney. Feb 19, 2020 ... Justin Fashanu, Britain's first and only out gay male professional footballer, is to be posthumously inducted into the National Football Museum's Hall of Fame. Oct 19, 2020 ... He was the world's first openly gay professional footballer. London, UK – 19 October 2020. “Thirty years ago, on 22 October 1990, Justin Fashanu ...