Nominations open for Football v Homophobia Awards 2025, celebrating LGBTQ+ inclusion in the game
Outstanding achievers to be recognised at sixth annual edition of FvH Awards; nominations window open until 3 January 2025, with gala ceremony in Glasgow on 7 March; previous winners include Manchester United, Zander Murray, Jake Daniels and TRUK United…
The window has opened for nominations for the annual Football v Homophobia Awards, now in their sixth year.
The event has become firmly established in the calendar as an opportunity to recognise and celebrate excellence in LGBTQ+ inclusion in the game.
The five-week window stretches across the festive period until Friday 3 January 2025, providing plenty of time for the growing community of LGBTQ+ people and allies in football to suggest worthy winners.
For 2025, there are 12 categories available spanning all levels of the sport, in the UK and abroad. Depending on the category, you can nominate an individual, club, league, group or organisation for consideration by a panel of judges.
The panel will decide a shortlist of three for each category, based upon the quality of the nominations received.
Those shortlisted will be invited to attend the gala ceremony which will be held on the evening of Friday 7 March 2025 at the iconic Òran Mór venue in Glasgow, hosted by FvH Scotland. Ticketing details will follow.
The FvH Awards is the only dedicated event of its kind for our community of LGBTQ+ people and allies in the world’s most popular sport.
Supported from governing bodies down to the grassroots, the event has been covered by BBC Sport, Sky Sports, Mirror Football and other major media outlets, and offers the ideal platform to showcase the great and good of LGBTQ+ football.
The 2024 ceremony, held at the National Football Museum in Manchester, brought together over 150 people for celebration, entertainment and the prize-giving itself.
Those honoured included footballer Zander Murray, who collected an Outstanding Contribution Award made in conjunction with PFA Scotland, while Manchester United won the Professional Club category and Chelsea Pride co-founder and campaigner Tracy Brown was named FvH Hero.
Previous winners of the FVH Awards include Blackpool FC teenager Jake Daniels, whose coming out moment in men’s football in May 2022 made a worldwide impact; the trailblazing trans-inclusive club TRUK United FC; as well as Wrexham AFC, the Alternative Football League, and women’s football “power couple” Anita Asante and Beth Fisher.
FvH director Lou Englefield said: “Our unique Awards event has grown so much since it started back in February 2020, just before the world changed and football came to a halt.
“Helping to build an inclusive community of LGBTQ+ people and allies across the game is pivotal to the campaign, alongside our anti-discrimination work. That’s why we’re so grateful to all who nominate and support the FvH Awards as this event allows us to come together in celebration.
“We know there are lots of deserving people, clubs and groups out there so it’s vital they receive strong nominations that describe what they’ve achieved. Please take a few minutes to write and submit yours in the coming weeks!
“A huge thank you too to the EFL, Fare, and the other sponsors coming on board, without whom none of this would be possible.”
Click here to read the criteria for the 12 categories at the FvH Awards 2025 before entering one or more nominations. You can even nominate yourself, your club or group!
FvH Awards Roll of Honour
Professional Club
2024: Manchester United FC; Arsenal FC; Exeter City FC
2023: Sheffield United FC; Chelsea FC; Watford FC
2022: Leicester City FC; Tottenham Hotspur FC; Sheffield United FC
2021: Charlton Athletic FC; Liverpool FC; Sheffield United FC
2020: Tottenham Hotspur FC; Charlton Athletic FC; AFC Bournemouth
Supporters Group
2024: Proud Baggies; GayGooners; Rainbow Blades
2023: Proud Lilywhites; Rainbow Blades; Proud Grecians
2022: Foxes Pride; Proud Lilywhites; Proud Baggies
2021: Proud Baggies; Rainbow Blades; Proud Lilywhites
2020: Proud Baggies; Proud Lilywhites; Marching Out Together
FvH Hero
2024: Tracy Brown; James Laley; Eric Najib
2023: Charlotte Galloway; Hannah Thornley; Zack Leader
2022: Hayley Wood-Thompson; Carys Ingram; Adam Crafton
2021: Rob Harris; Sinead O’Rourke; Gary Ginnaw
2020: Chris Paouros; Alan Quick; Rob Harris
Non-League Club
2024: Chesterfield FC; Dulwich Hamlet FC; York City FC
2023: Concord Rangers FC; Dulwich Hamlet FC; Harrogate Railway Athletic FC
2022: Dulwich Hamlet FC; Sheppey United FC; Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC
2021: Wrexham AFC
2020: Met Police FC; Whitehawk FC; Frickley Athletic FC
Grassroots Club
2024: Stargazy FC; Glasgow Saints; Brighton Seagals
2023: TRUK United FC; Camden Bells FC; Camp Hellcats
2022: Manchester Laces FC; Nottingham Lions FC; St John’s Deaf FC
2021: Charlton Invicta FC; Village Manchester FC; Deeside Dragons Girls FC
2020: Charlton Invicta FC; London Titans FC; New Milton Town Ladies FC
County FA
2024: Lincolnshire FA; Norfolk County FA; Staffordshire FA
2023: Lincolnshire FA; Cheshire FA; London FA
2022: Sussex County FA; Cheshire FA; Herefordshire FA
2021: Manchester FA; Surrey County FA; Royal Air Force FA
Women’s Game
2024: Alternative Football League; Brighton Seagals; Jasmine Angove
2023: Brighton Seagals; Sheffield United Women; Helen Hardy
2022: Stonewall W&NB Team; Helen Hardy; Brighton Seagals
2021: Beth Fisher and Anita Asante; Goal Diggers FC; Jess Creighton
FvH Cymru
2024: Cardiff Dragons FC; Conwy Borough FC; Brandon Gregory
2023: Brandon Gregory; The Rainbow Wall; Cardiff Dragons FC
2022: FC Bellevue; FC United of Wrexham
2021: Not awarded
2020: Conwy Borough FC; FC Bellevue
International
2024: John Blankenstein Foundation (Netherlands); Paris Arc-en-Ciel (France); Union Omaha (USA)
2023: Sportif Lezbon (Turkey); BK Vestia (Denmark); League of Tolerance (Ukraine)
2022: Ligue de Football Professionnel (France); Sport for Tolerance (Cameroon); AJ Auxerre (France)
FvH Scotland
2024: Gender Goals; Ronnie Charters; Ibrox Pride
2023: Lloyd Wilson; Zander Murray; Andrew Henderson
Football Media
2024: Jacob Leeks (Mirror Sport); Ronnie Charters (STV Sport); Emma Smith (BBC Sport)
2023: Jacob Leeks (Mirror Sport); Jon Holmes (Sports Media LGBT+); Poletti (The Inner Sanctum)
Outstanding Contribution
2024: Zander Murray
2023: Jake Daniels
Read about the 2024 Awards event here and check out our FvH archive for more content on the Awards.
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