Welcome Michelle
Firstly im so glad you didn't just brush this under the rug when you found out the truth or go along with the narrative of those tweets being banter and not a concern as they where 10 years ago. (Actually some of the tweets where 8 yrs ago but anyways...)
Everyone here was just worried for ur daughters safety a lot of us are parents and even the ones that aren't parents here know the children in our communities need protected from the likes of Mr shields. Im just glad your daughter has listened to her parents. I know what its like with your kids idolising ppl they think are famous and its something to brag about to their pals but glad your daughter has been
encouraged to see sense. Well done to you for making the SJFA aware to the vile tweets regarding school children and rape! There were also racist and homophobic tweets which aren't acceptable. I am sure there will be all different ethnicities playing in the juniors (show racism the red card is an important ethos across all levels of football) and the use of homophobic slurs is something we don't want our children brought up on. My daughter left a local basketball team due to homophobic abuse and it can be harder for the boys that play football to be open about their sexuality. Anyways hope you and ur family are well and thank you for understanding our concerns
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Thanks lovely.
my daughter didn't have the capacity to deal with homophobic abuse from her peers so left which was such a shame cause she was good. imagine being on a football team where its the coach that's racist and homophobic
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all of us here are just glad you actually took the time to find out why we were concerned instead of just accusing us of being gossips and then going on to defend that "man" which many females have done. what does that tell our daughters/nieces etc if we allow men to continue behaving like that. I for one want better for my kids. My son is only 7 but he has better morals and more respect for females than mr shields. Gets that from his dad tho who still after 12 years pulls out my chair and opens the car door lol