"Brian Clough was an accessory to the death of Justin Fashanu" - John Fashanu on The MA Show
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2020
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MA chats with former leading figure of WImbledon's "Crazy Gang" of the 1980's and 1990's, John Fashanu. Part of the now-defunct London club's famous F.A. Cup triumph in 1988, Fashanu has led a fascinating and often controversial life, which has seen him go from one of the hardest players in the English game to a regular fixture on our TV screens which included the former England international presenting the hit show Gladiators over twenty years ago.
Key to the development of Fashanu's character, a man who many have described as a 'bully", is his complex childhood. Having been placed into a Barnardo's home with his older brother Justin as a baby, the pair soon found themselves in the Foster care of a rural white family in Norfolk, where being the only black kids in town made them targets for racial prejudice.
With this came an ambition to succeed however, and having followed in the footsteps of his often envied older brother who became Britain's first £1 million pound black footballer, Fashanu found his path through the beautiful game. Reveling in the unconventional methods of the ruthless but equally successful Wimbledon side, Fashanu became a household name in the English game, with his ability to intimidate being as responsible as his technical gifts.
Throughout this career however, there was something that lay much deeper for "Fash". With his brother becoming the world's first professional footballer to come out as gay, bigotry, and hate was par for the course, in a game that refused to recognise such a sexual leaning. Admittedly playing his part in societies ostracisation of his brother, Fashanu was rocked in 1998 when the once brightest prospect in English football was found hanged in a garage in Shoreditch.
With maturity and age, Fashanu opens up on his regrets about past events in his life in this episode of The Michael Anthony Show, and also delves into a career that lives long in the memory of football fans worldwide. His career in entertainment is also discussed, as is footballs still dubious relationship with homosexuality.
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I'm not sure how I ended up listening to this but I'm glad I did. The only things I'd heard about Justin Fashanu were that he was gay and his brother John was in continual denial and paid him off to save his own career. For John to admit now that he was perhaps a little misguided is a huge step forward in how we, as a society, treat and accept people irrespective of their sexuality and, like he said, who cares? This whole story is one of shame, embarrassment and tragedy and Justin Fashanu should be held in the same regard as Oscar Wilde and Alan Turing for his outstanding achievements and services to society.
well said bud Justin was a beautiful human being
What a brilliant interview, amazing conversation!
these two lads were brought up for a bit in bernardo childrens home they are a pure inspiration for me justin was a born star
If Justin was around tday he would of been made an absolute superstar
His story is interesting and tragic but he was never good enough to make it at an elite level.
WOW! NICE HEARING FROM JOHN, REALLY TOUCHING INTERVIEW. i WAS REALLY BLESSED, LISTENING TO THIS SHOW. NICE INTERVIEWS!
Glad you enjoyed!
What’s the song at the beginning?
John Fashanu is a football legend, a funny man and a well spoken articulate educated man. 😊⚽
Who the fuck is Lionel Mercy ?
Plays with Christian Ronaldo, Virtue Van Dijk and Joshua Kind
One thing I do not agree with is that the explanation for being Gay is that the person is born that way.
I think that is only one explanation among others. I have personally spoken to people who have said that it was their first introduction to sex and they opted for what they knew after periods of confusion and uncertainty. There are victims of abuse who did not get to choose before they even knew about their sexuality.
There are also people with body image issues who feel pressured and unable to live up to the expectations of being heterosexual that society places on them.
There is more than one reason why gay people exist, and those are just a few of them. Now everyone can shoot me.
Back when Brits were still calling the game by its short form name "soccer"...
Short for AsSOCtion Football