The tragic secret that split these football brothers.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ม.ค. 2024
- Explore the gripping saga of brothers John and Justin Fanshanu in a riveting documentary. From turbulent beginnings in foster care to triumphant ascension in English football, their journey is marked by adoption, resilience, and success. However, when a concealed secret emerges, it shatters the once unbreakable bond between these two brothers at the peak of their achievements.
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As a black man in England we all need to be ready to stand up strong, its so sad their dad left them, as men we must never leave our families.
75% of black fathers leave
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Didn’t know what to expect as I didn’t know who he was. But boy am I glad I did. UNBELIEVABLE story. Why isn’t this on Netflix or something? Saying that, I’m very grateful we get quality content like this for free on TH-cam. Great video.
A lot of documentaries have been released
There is a long documentary on justing check it out. Dunno where tho
Look for the doc done by John fashanu daughter. You will see John's true colours in that one.
He use to host gladiators (old one)
He is not a nice man.
Bless the Jackson’s for adopting John and Justin…
Wow! Didn’t expect to be sat here in a flood of tears. What a story. Well done John, RIP Justin 😔🕊️
Justin spent a few months living in my hometown of Greenrigg and he was an absolute gentleman, hounded by the press but gave so much of his time to the kids helping them training at football and giving the under privileged training gear, he could play as well. rest easy big man
I saw that Justin fashanu goal on Match of the day. Remember it like it was yesterday. We forget what these trailblazers had to endure. Amazing bravery from Jon to speak so openly.
This channel needs way more recognition the editing is god level like absolutely seamless
I agree ❤❤❤❤❤
What an articulate man. I am 61 but when my dad first took me to the football my team had 2 black players, this was the early 70's, it was normal to me & those players were my heroes at Bradford.
“Articúlate” 🤔
We are so blest to have you and your brother Justin Fashanu put Nigeria on the map. Even though your father abandoned you both, you still kept your wonderful Nigerian surname, and introduced yourself as a Nigerian in this meaningful documentary.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for being so honest and frank about your life journey.
So many of us can relate. God bless you always darling John.
P.S Thank you for settling back in Nigeria.
As a Wimbledon supporter I would just like to send my gratitude to an extremely underrated player for giving me so many special moments as i child growing up watching him and the rest of the Crazy Gang in the 90's. Thank you John. R.I.P Justin
Great times being a football fan at Plough Lane COYD'S!!!!!!!! 🔵🟡🔵🟡
"Underrated?" Massively overrated. How he ever played for England is beyond me.
In 1996, my parents temporarily moved us to Kent, UK whilst my dad was sponsored to do breast cancer research. From Kurdistan, Iraq to Kent, with the idea of then permanently settling in Italy 1.5 years later. I was enrolled in a local school in Kent and at the time. I was basically the only 'foreign' kid in my year. There was one UK born and bred Turkish kid and that's it. The rest were all English kids. At the end of my first week, one of the kids in my class was so insulted by my presence that he started singing the popular Christmas song but with its words altered: 'I'm dreaming of a WHITE Britain like the one I used to know'. He sang this over and over again in front of the entire class. All the other kids laughing their heads off all the while the teacher pretended to be deaf. I was 14 years old. Never in my life did I feel as alone as I did on that day. People have no idea what prejudice does to people. It never leaves you.
Bro you know whats crazy, besides this not getting the recognition it deserves, you literally used half of my study playlist for this video! Big ups to Mr Fashanu he is a crazy story teller and rest in peace to his brother. This shit hits different when you have older brothers yourself...
THAT goal against Liverpool, remember watching it on MOTD never forgot it
It's tough to watch this, rip Justin we all remember THAT goal as kids against Liverpool.
Omg I'm actually crying. 😥 There's something about a real story of hardship & loss, with no fairy tale ending, that i really appreciate.
You see life? Most people now have never heard of Justin Fashanu -- only John Fashanu. In my 50s now, I did hear of Justin back in the day; but to imagine there was a time there was John trying to pretend to be Justin is a thing people should stop to think about life. Times change and everything is fleeting
It’s a bittersweet story. You can see that he’s has regrets. Death puts a lot of things into perspective. I believe that he sincerely loved his brother.
What a great story and a great man!
Thank you John. God bless you. You triumphed against the odds, as did Wimbledon, and showed that with determination you can come through impossible situations and win. Really inspiring, thanks for sharing it with us, I had no idea.
Great speaking John. I knew you at Wimbledon and the crazy gang. Wiggy and all the good lads. You always speak so well. It was a pleasure to have known you. May God bless and protect you. Keep strong Sir.
Your brothers words to you were beautiful. Nothing better than fighting against and making the most ignorant among us look silly. Amazing story. Always heard the name but never the story.
I love John Fashanu, his presence, talking with openness and brevity... God bless him
This was a truly beautiful piece of time for an autobiography that couldn’t have been narrated any better by anyone else to tell their story. What an absolute gent and hard bastard John fashanu was
That was an excellent watch, great work,
Despite what sadly became of Justin, both he and John are total legends and their story will go on after we are all gone,
I watched his first game for Lincoln City and he just oozed class from the second he stepped onto the pitch.
Great player and and great man …what a star 👍
Thank you for this well done
This man is a living legend when it comes to inspiring young people. I remember my foster dad telling me his story as a young boy.
Thank you. John and Justin
I was there at Wembley that day in 1988 to see John Fashanu and the Crazy Gang make history. It was sad to hear about the fate of his brother. I do remember seeing the news reports at the time.
Watched all the shorts on this channel great editing skills now on to the video,s
Wow what a powerful watch that was,life lessons in there for everyone too,superb production well done to all involved😉👍.
Imma need a full documentary on that roc nation short lol, would be super interesting to watch. Nice job though got so much info in such a short time
Beautifully narrated John, an eventful life for you and your brother....May he rest in eternal peace ✌🏽
Jesus Christ... I'm as straight as an ARROW Jamaican but this story brought tears to my eyes.. RIP JF
I grew up in the neighbouring village to where they grew up. Despite their fame no one mentioned them. Always struck me as bizarre to ignore these excellent footballers
I met John; He'd come to kenya to start/fund some TV station that didn't do very well...that was around 2000. I had read a bit about Justin and seen some clips of him in his apogee...and I thought how unfortunate! been wishing that this story is done and am glad. Hats off to the Fashanus; these guys went through an emotional wringer...and when Balotelli arrived and I had read his story; it is the Fashanus that came to mind yet again! Thanks bro for giving me a fan; closure. I was more of a fan of the Fashanus from the perspective of 'the hounding of David Oduwale' rather than football. Was all in my quest after living in the british isles, to understand what I found to be such a peevish society.
Emotional story; but NO tears from me, just genuine fond memories of Justin and John Fashanu. Both knew how to look after themselves on the pitch... For Justin to 'come out' THAT took balls, BIG BALLS.!. Much respect to BOTH of you. R.I.P Justin Fashanu, and wishing contentment to you John Fashanu 🙏
Didn't Justin abuse children?
Wow, what a brilliant documentary.
thank you john for such a beautiful story that touched my soul and made me cry, love to you and justin and your parents where ever they all may be. xxxxxxxxxxx
Excellent story. Excellent perseverance. Strong man, I wish him all the best.
Such a humble man ❤
Its a pity Justin isint around to tell his part of the story.
Neutral just hoping for a classic final, from the 2 best teams of the season. It has matchups, both teams play both sides of the floor, any team can lock down the other. What a final, can't wait. Pundits say Boston, but Luca & Kyrie have ego's the size of an ocean. Let the quality and IQ of these finals go down in history as one to remember.
Really moving and powerful. You’re a true hero John Fashanu.
Great video 👍
I wonder whether Justin was abused whiles hex was at the Bernardo home
Cried my eyes out to Ian wright now balling to Bash. Both men iconic to the British game. RIP Justin 🙏🏻
Justin was a child molester. No tears.
John is another of our teachers that we needed 40 years ago.
Wow what a story
Uncle John is a very good friend of mine.We met in Kaduna in 2009 during my service year.He kept referring to me and picked me out from the crowd and told me to meet him when I returned to Lagos.We’ve been friends since then.A very resilient and hardworking person.We did a lot of things together.He likes money lol
God bless you brother
Both great footballers, John is a proper legend.
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Just Wow, I was a kid during this time and only saw headlines. So good to hear the story from those who were the story.
John, that story cut me so deep. I cannot imagine the resolve you have to go through dealing with racism, I copped nowhere near as much as you but it scarred me. I still look on Facebook trying to find those who made my life horrible during those times, hoping I can find and turn up to their door as a man. Luckily, for them, or me, they are nowhere to seen. It's a pain that I just cant let go of, which has some grip on my life.
I've only ever experienced racism from white people and oriental people. Both, which I am mixed with. How mind fucking is that.
Wow! ❤
Loved fash the bash top lad
I'm sorry for the loss of your brother 😢😢😢😢
What two beautiful people inside and out......
I cried😢
They’re two cute handsome young boys! Justin was the best black footballer I knew after Pele and Eusebio, easily and hands down. RIP Justin. I knew their father and white step mother and mixed race step brothers and sister. I lived in the same area as the father.
Rip Justin ❤
What an eloquent man….. great show
So sad but what a strong guy to get through that racism
You can tell he really misses his brother. John is a top man!
My condolences ❤
Steve Mcmanaman 😂 John has lost his marbles.
Thought John was all for himself and did Justin bad.
He did Justin wrong, but he does seem genuinely remorseful. It was a long time ago, and although it doesn’t make how he conducted himself any better, he’s seems to have changed for the better. It’s sad that it took something like losing his brother to see the errors of his ways
Money makes people do crazy things..........like being the first black footballer to sign for Millwall FC in 1984 when Britain was an extremely racist country!! I have mad respect for John for paving the way for an entire generation of young black players to come through by fighting back and succeeding.
This is so touching, hearing from another perspective
Wow what a storyline
Steve McMahon, not McManaman
R.I.P Justin
The agent wanted to come out also 😂😂😂😂😂
The gifted Fashanu brothers. Heard of them
Is this still being Produced by Marci Phonix ? if so Big up . If not still Big up
That's John Fashaaanooo
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John's football career was cut short early, but did allow him to do the great work he did on Gladiators, so all clouds
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Growing up in Nigeria the Fashanu brothers inspire us.
A beautiful tribute to Justin Fanshanu by his brother John.
John was awful about Justin being gay.could be because of prejudice, but it was his brother
Heavy story like the rest and England is truly the foundation of gossip!
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My older brother's gay and I haven't seen or spoken to him since August 15th, 2005.
God bless to both of them
Dramatic
Maybe it's time Vinicius Jr went ballistic on his haters.
Millwall and Wimbledon Legend. BIG UP FASH.
Manage time, and resources carefully.
Justin all the way even in death he is a great footballer
Life, is bitter and sweet!
I didn't like John Fashanu, because of his presenting style. It felt too minstrel for me at the time with his awooga. But I never knew his backstory in that much detail, I knew he had a gay brother. Everyone knew that with the tabloids. But to hear his life, I've got a whole knew respect for him and he's gone up ten fold. If I had seen John before this, I wouldn't care. But now I would like to think I would go up to ask him can I hug you and say thank you. For standing up and being strong in face racist.
Why would "awooga" come across as minstrel? Its actually a Nigerian word
@@jonblazeinc Really don't give me that bullshit about it's a Nigerian word. He's not Nigerian and wasn't speaking to a bunch of Nigerians. Another thing, I've never heard or seen Nigerians use this as a greeting.
@itsawinnerfereal well Fashanu said it was himself once when presenting Gladiators if wrong then my bad , I've heard Craig Charles use awooga a lot back in the 90s too....not sure why the attitude from yourself, I'm just saying a word doesn't make someone minstrel but I guess you're one of those ignorant types who would have preferred John to act militant and ghetto to show that he's "still black"...the man was lively and bubbly character on Gladiators viewers loved him, also people who watched him playing for Wimbledon knew he was no nonsense anyway
Let this be a lesson to you of how bizarre and nonsensical it is to not like someone you've never even met.
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He is Nigerian stupid.Get your facts straight.
“My agent now wanted to come out now,that he was gay” 👀🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️
You can hear me laughing in the background at that part 😂😂😂
@wehustleclips 😂😂😂
A little confused, was the agent gay too or he wanted to oust the story Fashanu wanted hushed ?😮
Eric Hall. Called everybody 'bubbla', and everything was ' Monsta, monsta'. He was the most famous agent in 80s, and 90s English football before the European agents started to cross the channel.
I remember big Ron signing Fash. I was probably only about 10. Felt like a strange signing because we kept the ball on the grass.
Yes Villa...Fash retired after his 1 and only season there which surprised me as he was still 31 years old
@@jonblazeinc The knee injury answered the retirement question for him.
@@eclectica1 yes I remarked before end of the video, although it wasn't a career ending knee injury as Fashanu said he decided to retire from that he could have recovered and play on
👍 He'd already had his best years at Wimbledon, by that point. A peculiar signing by Big Ron (that Villa side was quality, back then, too, runners up to United in '92/93)...
Great show 👏 😢
Justin was a big hit with Norwich women in the early 80’s i can assure you
John was a more than nasty player whose main objective in any game was to do serious damage to opposition defenders.
I agree i thought he was a thug but off the pitch he comes across as a very articulate man. As for justin, he was such a talented player who couldve achieved so much more. Tragic how he died so young. R I P .
AWOOOGA!
88 final Jones tackled Steve McMahon not McManaman 😅
True must have been a slip of the tongue
Justin and were lightyears apart in that sense. John was a terrible human being. He tried to pay his brother into silence when he came out as gay, then disowned him because it would affect his "macho" look. He regularly admitted to bullying team mates, and then went and did an interview years later where he said his brother wasn't gay he was just an attention seeker after he killed himself.