itjust we played accrington, i scored four. it just shows we played accrington, i scored four. itjust shows how much of a way off my shoulders it was. he's going down a path that many others _ he's going down a path that many others will— he's going down a path that many others will probably follow. they've 'ust others will probably follow. they've just been _ others will probably follow. they've just been waiting to see how it pans out first i_ just been waiting to see how it pans out first. i think once they see the overwhelming majority of people being _ overwhelming majority of people being more than accepted, others will follow suit. i very much hope so, it seems ridiculous in this day and age _ so, it seems ridiculous in this day and age that we've got to 2022 before — and age that we've got to 2022 before the first actual footballer who is _ before the first actual footballer who is currently playing has come out in _ who is currently playing has come out in this— who is currently playing has come out in this country. what that says about _ out in this country. wha

the day i told my mum and sister, the day after, we played accrington, and i scored four. so itjust shows how much of a weight off my shoulders it was, it was a massive relief. he's going down a path that many others will probably follow. they've probablyjust been waiting to see how it pans out first. and i think once they see the overwhelming majority of people will be more than accepting, others will follow suit. i very much hope so — it seems ridiculous in this day and age that we've got to 2022 before the first actual footballer who's currently playing has come out in this country. and what that says about us as a society is extremely worrying, but hopefully they'll feel that it's actually not an issue — because it shouldn't be an issue. he wants to be an inspiration - to other people in the same way that josh cavallo and matt morton, - in the statement on blackpool's club website earlier today, _ that he cited them as inspiring him. because visibility breeds - invisibility, breeds visibility. and there'll be lots of fans - and players not just of football, but in

what after we played accrington and i scored four so it just shows what a weight of the shoulder it was, a massive relief. others have come out after they retired, including thomas beattie, who was a youth team player at hull city and also played professionally in the us and singapore. hejoins us now from singapore. good to talk to you, thank you for spending some time with us on the programme. can i start by getting your reaction to what you heard from jake yesterday and the reaction from others? , ., , , jake yesterday and the reaction from others? , ., _ , jake yesterday and the reaction from others? , ., , , , ., others? obviously it has been a really ground-breaking - others? obviously it has been a| really ground-breaking moment others? obviously it has been a - really ground-breaking moment for really ground—breaking moment for not only the lgbtq community but football in general. i think these type of moments after few and far between so it is something that we want to celebrate and get behind him, and so far he has an amazing reaction and i am delighted for him. it is a b

mentioned yesterday that after telling his mum and her sister he went and scored four goals against accrington softly that you are weight off his shoulders. gem;r weight off his shoulders. gary lineker has _ weight off his shoulders. gary lineker has said _ weight off his shoulders. gary lineker has said it _ weight off his shoulders. gary lineker has said it should be completely unremarkable this is happening. what impact do you think it will have going forward? it is hue, it will have going forward? it is huge. you _ it will have going forward? it is huge. you can't— it will have going forward? it 3 huge, you can't underestimate the importance of yesterday and the news. i can't stop smiling because i knowjust how much that would have meant to me if i was a young kid. i know those troubles i had coming to terms of my sexual orientation years ago and i didn't come out till i was 34 and jake is 17. he has not only come out to friends and family back to the world on national media and there would be young lgbtq+ people sitting at home yesterday watching the news unfold and they might have been