360 Gist Pilot: See Why Players wore rainbow lace captain arm band this weekend

Sunday, 27 November 2016

See Why Players wore rainbow lace captain arm band this weekend

This weekend in the premiership, captains of different club sides were spotted wearing a rainbow arm band.According to The Sun, Football and rugby came together in order to wear the rainbow laces to combat homophobia in sport.
Fernandinho wore the rainbow armband as he captained Manchester City



It was learnt that the campaign aimed to raise awareness and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender players and fans.
Referee Andre Marriner wore the laces at Turf Moor between Manchester City and Burnely

This weekend, the English Premier League saw players and referees wore the laces whilst rugby union will also support the campaign.

360 GP gathered that the Rainbow Laces campaign began in 2013 and was launched by LGBT equality charity Stonewall.

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