York City Football Club hosts their first Football v Homophobia match

York City’s home game against Southend United on Saturday 22 February, will mark the Club’s first ever Football v Homophobia match. York City is one of only 25 Football League Clubs to actively tackle the issue of homophobia in Football and will be using Saturday’s match to promote their message that football really is for everyone regardless of sexuality and …

Derbyshire CFA support Football v Homophobia

A huge thank you to Derbyshire CFA for their support of the campaign. Sunday 24th February saw the Football v Homophobia fixture between a Team Derby 11 v Nottingham BallBois at the University of Derby. The fixture took place on the 3G pitch at the Kedleston Road site. The fixture was organised by Derbyshire County FA’s Women, Girls and Inclusion …

Guinness Northern Counties support Football v Homophobia

Arches Housing were declared the champions at a Sheffield charity football match when seven  local organisations teamed up to raise awareness of the international ‘Football vs Homophobia’ campaign, which is aimed at stamping out homophobia in the sport. Guinness Northern Counties organised the event with help from and Manor and Castle development trust which took place at the Park Community …

Football v Homophobia signs with FGG, EGLSF, and AllOut in formal complaint to FIFA regarding exclusion of lesbians from Nigerian football

Today, Football v Homophobia, along with the Federation of Gay Games, the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation, and AllOut, delivered the following letter to FIFA President Mr. Sepp Blatter and FIFA General Secretary Jérôme Valcke to express distress about reports of discriminatory behavior by Nigerian Women’s Football League chair Dilichukwu Onyedinma.

Hammers back Football v Homophobia

West Ham United’s players showed their support for the Football v Homophobia campaign this week by donning T-shirts promoting the group’s message in a training session at their Chadwell Heath base. The Hammers are proud to follow on from their lead last year, when they became one of the first professional clubs in England to show their backing for the campaign, …

Team Derby take on Nottingham Ball Bois in FvH month

Derbyshire CFA help organise Football v Homophobia fixture February is Football v Homophobia (FvH) month. As part of this month of action, the University of Derby will be playing a fixture against the Nottingham Ballbois, a gay-friendly football club with players from across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The club provides an environment where players and supporters can enjoy football regardless of …

Pro footballer Robbie Rogers ‘comes out’ about his sexuality

The Football v Homophobia campaign welcomed the news on Friday that the professional footballer Robbie Rogers had chosen to ‘come out’ about his sexuality. The huge amount of support he has been offered by the football authorities, fellow players, football supporters and the LGBT community has been overwhelming and shows that football in the UK as a whole has moved …