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Nottingham end debut season in top half of the table Nottingham Ball Bois finished their debut season in the GFSN League with a top-half finish - but only by the slenderest of margins from Midlands rivals Birmingham Blaze. Final defeats for both teams left them tied on 13 points each, and also even on goal difference. Fifth and sixth places in the league had to be decided by goals scored, with Nottingham's three extra goals squeezing them into the final top-half berth.
Open days on Sunday May 4th and May 11th We will be holding open days on Sunday May 4th and May 11th. Both will take place at 6pm, the time when we have our usual weekly training session. If you would like to find out more about the club, chat to some of the players and supporters or bring along your boots and have a kick-around then come along. The open days take place at Gresham Playing Fields, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7RN. If you would like more information, then please email or call us - details are on our contact page.
Ballbois to appear on the BBC Nottingham Ball Bois FC will appear in a television report on homophobia in football on Friday April 25th. The report examines homophobia in football ten years since the suicide of Justin Fashanu. Fashanu was the first, and remains the only professional footballer to have been openly gay, and was also a player for Nottingham Forest. For the report, the recent Ballbois game against London Leftfooters was filmed, and players and club committee members were interviewed. The report will be shown on Friday 25th April at 7.30pm on BBC1 as part of the Inside Out documentary series. The programme will only be shown in the East Midlands region, however viewers with Sky can watch anywhere in the country on Channel 980. The programme will also be available to view online for one week after transmission from the Inside Out website where it can also be downloaded to the BBC i-player.
Forest
support anti-homophobia campaign
Nottingham Ball Bois welcome this positive and
encouraging action from Nottingham Forest as an important part of what will
be an ongoing campaign. For more information about the campaign,
see the dedicated
section on our website.
Charity
campaign and Anniversary Tournament launched
Nottingham Ball Bois has launched its
Anniversary Tournament and charity campaign for 2008. The tournament will
feature 8 teams, playing a shortened 11-a-side format over the weekend on
May 16-18. During the weekend, money will be raised for Everyman, a cancer
which funds research into testicular and prostate cancers. The fundraising
will go on throughout the year, and it is possible to donate directly at our
page on
Justgiving. The tournament has its own dedicated mini-site with
further information about the teams and the social events taking place
throughout the weekend.
More on the tournament
website.
New
sponsorship deals announced
Second kit presented
Mixed fortunes in league and cup debuts
Brendan Batson of the Professional Footballers' Association, and one of West Bromwich Albion's ground-breaking trio of black players in the late 1970s, compared the challenges of fighting homophobia with his earlier experiences of racism as a player. With both being difficult journeys to undertake, he urged "Don't be afraid." Other speakers represented the Metropolitan Police, the FA, the Football Supporters' Federation and the GFSN.
The initiative now moves to a phase where volunteers from the gay
footballing world, including the Ballbois, will liaise with professional
clubs to advise on the implementation of the new regulations. Gay football play premieres in Nottingham The one-off performance was presented as a work-in-progress at the Momentum festival for new writing at the Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham. A number of current Ballbois were in the audience, and we wish Stuart many further successes with the play. Nottingham Ball Bois 4 - 1 London Titans Ballbois
accepted into GFSN league The GFSN league began in 2002 with just four teams and has grown steadily since. With the addition of the Ballbois and fellow debutants, the London Falcons, the 2007-8 season will take the numbers to ten. The Ballbois will begin their first season in the GFSN National League with an away trip to local rivals, Leicester Wildecats. The end of the season will see tricky away visits to last year's top two, Yorkshire and current champions Bournemouth. The full fixture list is available in the Season 2007-8 section
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Nottingham Forest has shown its support for
the GFSN anti-homophobia campaign, in which members of Nottingham Ball Bois
FC are involved. Our club Secretary has been liaising with Forest, and on
March 24, in the programme for their home game against Brighton and Hove
Albion, a page was dedicated to homophobia in football. Outlining new
regulations which outlaw homophobic abuse in football grounds, the club's
safety officer outlined Forest's support for the initiative and the
practical steps that they are now taking, stating that: "We look forward to
working with the GFSN and other organisations in the future and any
incidents of homophobia at The City Ground will be dealt with in the same
positive way we deal with racism."
Switchboard
cheque presentation
Nottingham joins FA anti-homophobia
initiative
Nottingham Ball Bois have been accepted into the national GFSN
League for the 2007-8 season, just over a year
since the foundation of the club. From September onwards, the Ballbois
will play against other gay teams from across the country in a bid to take
league glory.
Ballbois
at Nottingham Pride