Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
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.
Yeah, I agree. It's why that last point you make about being woke is really important imo. It has to be countered because if you take the case of, say Joey Barton and that he was, until recently, a manager, boss, responsible for employees' well-being - who really knows what football managers are really like? Football seems, to me, to be one of the few places that still employs people in senior positions who wouldn't be allowed to 'work' in other professions. If they're delivering success on the pitch they're adored by fans even though they may well be obnoxious individuals with horrible views and attitudes IRL.