Bravo to Jake Daniels for taking on football's taboo

JAKE DANIELS'S decision to come out as the first openly gay male footballer in the UK has the potential to change not just his life but the game as a whole.

- Dan Kilpatrick

Daniels's remarkable courage in ending decades of silence is a landmark moment for football, hopefully paving the way for more players to feel comfortable enough to reveal their true selves.

The Blackpool forward deserves enormous praise for his bravery - not least because he is just 17 - and he will go down as a trailblazer.

Plainly, however, football still has a huge way to go become a fully welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ individuals. That Daniels said he had delayed coming out in order to pursue a career and considered waiting until he had retired shows the scale of the challenge.