17 May 2022

Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels comes out as gay

From Morning Report, 8:57 am on 17 May 2022

Seventeen-year-old Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels has become the first mens professional footballer in the UK in more than 30 years to come out as gay.

He told Sky Sport UK he had been weighing up the decision for a while.

General view inside Bloomfield Road, home to Blackpool FC.

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The Sun chief sports reporter Martin Lipton spoke to Susie Ferguson.