- Outstanding achievers to be recognised at sixth annual edition of FvH Awards
- Nominations window open until 3 January 2025, with gala ceremony in Glasgow on 7 March
- Previous winners include Manchester United, Zander Murray, Jake Daniels and TRUK United
The window has opened for nominations for the annual Football v Homophobia Awards, now in their sixth year.
The event has become firmly established in the calendar as an opportunity to recognise and celebrate excellence in LGBTQ+ inclusion in the game.
The five-week window stretches across the festive period until Friday 3 January 2025, providing plenty of time for the growing community of LGBTQ+ people and allies in football to suggest worthy winners.
For 2025, there are 12 categories available spanning all levels of the sport, in the UK and abroad. Depending on the category, you can nominate an individual, club, league, group or organisation for consideration by a panel of judges.
The panel will decide a shortlist of three for each category, based upon the quality of the nominations received.
Those shortlisted will be invited to attend the gala ceremony which will be held on the evening of Friday 7 March 2025 at the iconic Òran Mór venue in Glasgow, hosted by FvH Scotland. Ticketing details will follow.
Angharad Englefield, Jen Watts, Barb the Drag Queen, Lou Englefield and Annette Nelson at the fifth annual FvH Awards 2024 in Manchester
The FvH Awards is the only dedicated event of its kind for our community of LGBTQ+ people and allies in the world’s most popular sport.
Supported from governing bodies down to the grassroots, the event has been covered by BBC Sport, Sky Sports, Mirror Football and other major media outlets, and offers the ideal platform to showcase the great and good of LGBTQ+ football.
The 2024 ceremony, held at the National Football Museum in Manchester, brought together over 150 people for celebration, entertainment and the prize-giving itself.
Those honoured included footballer Zander Murray, who collected an Outstanding Contribution Award made in conjunction with PFA Scotland, while Manchester United won the Professional Club category and Chelsea Pride co-founder and campaigner Tracy Brown was named FvH Hero.
Gender Goals were winners of the FvH Scotland Award in 2024 (image: Gordon Marino)
Previous winners of the FVH Awards include Blackpool FC teenager Jake Daniels, whose coming out moment in men’s football in May 2022 made a worldwide impact; the trailblazing trans-inclusive club TRUK United FC; as well as Wrexham AFC, the Alternative Football League, and women’s football “power couple” Anita Asante and Beth Fisher.
FvH director Lou Englefield said: “Our unique Awards event has grown so much since it started back in February 2020, just before the world changed and football came to a halt.
“Helping to build an inclusive community of LGBTQ+ people and allies across the game is pivotal to the campaign, alongside our anti-discrimination work. That’s why we’re so grateful to all who nominate and support the FvH Awards as this event allows us to come together in celebration.
“We know there are lots of deserving people, clubs and groups out there so it’s vital they receive strong nominations that describe what they’ve achieved. Please take a few minutes to write and submit yours in the coming weeks!
“A huge thank you too to the EFL, Fare, and the other sponsors coming on board, without whom none of this would be possible.”
Click here to read the criteria for the 12 categories at the Football v Homophobia Awards 2025 before entering one or more nominations. You can even nominate yourself, your club or group! Interested in sponsoring the FvH Awards? For all enquiries, please email info@footballvhomophobia.com