Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
I think Sludge is on the money with this one Eric. I used to think the same as you. But the more I read about the Justin Fashanu situation, it changed my mind. I think there's a lot of rewritten history about Clough. Certainly, by today's standards, he'd be classed as a bully and homophobic. People argue 'he was a man of his times'. But looking at it in 2024, he's not someone I'd put on a pedestal.

Here's a piece written by Peter Tatchell in 2020 https://www.petertatchellfoundation....me-out-as-gay/
You could well be right about rewritten history regarding Clough.

The one line that stands out was Clough calling Fashanu a bloody poof. I'm not going to condone it and, while it was the language and attitude of the time blah blah, lots of people thought nothing about it and still carried on with it. Even now some want that sort of thing to carry on and you're woke if you disgree.