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Rhiannon Garth Jones
@rhigarthjones
'Dashing northerner', general geek, PhD student in early Abbasids, write about rugby, chat about all sorts. I want to live on a boat again. Views mine. She/her.
Jun 16, 2020 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Footballers and football fans get a lot of stick in the UK. Sometimes I understand that. The 80s have a long legacy.

But often it's snobbery, intended or not.

I'm not surprised that Marcus Rashford & Raheem Sterling are standing up for the vulnerable and doing it "eloquently". I'm not surprised that Jordan Henderson worked to organise #PlayersTogether to donate to the NHS long before Matt Hancock took a jab.

I'm not surprised that Ben Mee and the squad at my club, @BurnleyOfficial, have been donating to the local foodbank and calling vulnerable fans.