“For a long time I was distinctly unhappy as a child. But I had football. That gave me a drive, a focus.”
Queerness and British football have always been an uneven and uneasy mix. Celebrated in the women’s game and secretive in the men’s, attitudes to Queerness amongst the players and the punters watching them vary wildly. In a world where newspaper gossip and social media speculation runs rife, everyone is rabid to get a peek behind closed doors…
Promise is surrounded by her loved ones as she rings in her retirement from football. Her partner Lilly announces they are going to try for a baby, and they want Lilly’s brother Neel to be the sperm donor. He has enough on his plate, as he contemplates being the first footballer to come out while playing in the top-flight. That could put a strain on his connection with team mate and housemate Ross, who has his own inner turmoil to deal with.
The season is over, but it’s all about to kick off. The private lives off our top-flight footballers in the men and women’s game are thrust into the spotlight in For Too Free Won, a new play written and directed by Ethan Pascal Peters and co-produced by Olivier Gastinel.
