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Antony Cotton: ‘There are hundreds of gay footballers’

By Josh Haggis

Antony Cotton has argued that there are “hundreds” of gay footballers.

The Coronation Street actor told The Daily Star that “by the law of average” there must be at least “two or three” footballers on every team.

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“There are hundreds of gay footballers – hundreds of them, not one or two,” said Cotton. “If there are 22 footballers in a squad, by the law of average there will be two or three gay footballers in every single team.”

He continued: “Do I know any gay footballers? Of course. We all know gay footballers, everyone knows a gay footballer.

“A footballer’s gift is in their feet so they don’t have to speak… that’s a fundamental issue in what they do. They don’t have to speak, they don’t have to be spokesmen.”

attitude.co.uk recently caught up with gay football star Robbie Rogers, and chatted everything from coming out to who he’d like to play him in the upcoming US sitcom based on his story – click here to read the interview in full.

Meanwhile, a hunky AFC Wimbledon player recently bared his bum live on American television – check out the video here.

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