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Nottingham Ball Bois FC

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[[File:Nbbfcbadge-large-rgb.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Nottingham Ball Bois FC club logo]]
'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the [[GFSN National League]] and the [[Midlands Unity League]].

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Training takes place on Sundays, also at Gresham but on 3G artificial surface. The club also runs a midweek 5-a-side session on Tuesday at Harvey Hadden Sports Complex, within the City of Nottingham boundaries.

The home team strip is a black shirt and black shorts, both with yellow trim, and yellow socks. The change kit is yellow shirt, yellow shorts and yellow socks. The home strip is sponsored by the [[New Foresters]], a gay venue in Nottingham. The change kit is sponsored by Nottinghamshire Community Foundation.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament as bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Nottingham Ball Bois FC

2012-02-01T17:19:14Z

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[[File:Nbbfcbadge-large-rgb.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Nottingham Ball Bois FC club logo]]
'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the [[GFSN National League]] and the [[Midlands Unity League]].

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Training takes place on Sundays, also at Gresham but on 3G artificial surface. The club also runs a midweek 5-a-side session on Tuesday at Harvey Hadden Sports Complex, within the City of Nottingham boundaries.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament as bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sports]]

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Logo of Nottingham Ball Bois FC

Nottingham Ball Bois FC

2012-02-01T17:09:35Z

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'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the [[GFSN National League]] and the [[Midlands Unity League]].

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Training takes place on Sundays, also at Gresham but on 3G artificial surface. The club also runs a midweek 5-a-side session on Tuesday at Harvey Hadden Sports Complex, within the City of Nottingham boundaries.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament as bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Talk:Timeline of UK LGBT Sport

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Midlands Unity League

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The Midlands Unity League is an 11-a-side football league for gay community football clubs in the Midlands area of England.

The league was founded in 2011 with the aim of providing more local fixtures for its member clubs, three of which also play in the GFSN Gay National League.

The 2011-12 season is the first season for the Midlands Unity League, and is being contested between its four founder members: [[Birmingham Blaze FC]], [[Leicester Wildecats FC]], [[Nottingham Ball Bois FC]] and [[Wolverhampton Harts GFC]].

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Midlands Unity League

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Nottingham Ball Bois FC

2012-01-31T23:53:44Z

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'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the [[GFSN National League]] and the [[Midlands Unity League]].

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament as bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Nottingham Ball Bois FC

2012-01-31T23:48:26Z

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'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the [[GFSN National League]] and the [[Midlands Unity League]].

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament a bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Nottingham Ball Bois FC

2012-01-31T23:47:10Z

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'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the GFSN Gay National League and the Midlands Unity League.

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament a bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Nottingham Ball Bois FC

2012-01-31T23:46:07Z

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'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the GFSN Gay National League and the Midlands Unity League.

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

== 2010-11 Season: European medals, Domestic relegation, Community recognition ==

The 2010-11 Season brought mixed fortunes to Nottingham. With the GFSN League splitting into three groups of five at the end of the season, spaces in the top league were scarce, and Nottingham were relegated to the GFSN Division 2.

There was, however, some on-field success as Nottingham entered its first team in an international 11-a-side competition at the [[Eurogames]] in Rotterdam. Surpassing all pre-tournament expectations, Nottingham left the tournament a bronze medallists.

Recognition also came from the local LGBT community in the form of a Rainbow Heritage Award, awarded by [[Nottinghamshire Rainbow Heritage]] to recognise the on-field achievements and local community work undertaken by the club. The award was presented by [[Peter Tatchell]] during [[LGBT History Month]], for which Nottingham Ball Bois organised a series of local community awareness events.

==References==
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== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

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'''Nottingham Ball Bois FC''', founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the GFSN Gay National League and the Midlands Unity League.

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and London [[Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== 2007-8 Season: Inaugural GFSN season ==

Nottingham Ball Bois first GFSN League season resulted in a creditable fifth-place league position out of ten teams. During the league season, Nottingham won four games, lost four and drew one. The 2007-8 season was also Nottingham's first entry into the GFSN Cup, which ended with a first round defeat to Leicester Wildecats.

Nottingham gained their first silverware, winning the 2007 Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament, and added to this by winning the 2007 GFSN National 5-a-side tournament, held in Liverpool.

The club hosted its second annual 11-a-side tournament, with the number of teams expanding to seven. The tournament was won by [[London Titans FC]]. Nottingham failed to progress past the qualifying rounds, but won the consolation vase tournament.

The GFSN League match between Nottingham Ball Bois FC and London Leftfooters FC, held on January 27, 2008, was filmed by BBC East Midlands for a report in the Inside Out series to commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of [[Justin Fashanu]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG5JG5CCdg</ref>

== 2008-9 Season: GFSN League Champions ==

Nottingham Ball Bois dominated their second season in the GFSN League, winning the league title by seven points and remaining undefeated in all league matches. Nottingham won their first eight matches in the league season, securing the title with a 1-0 victory at home to Leicester Wildecats on April 26, 2009. The final game of the season, at home to London Titans, was the only league match where points were dropped, the result a 2-2 draw. The league trophy was presented after this game.

The GFSN cup competition saw Nottingham exit again in the first round.

== 2009-10 Season: GFSN Cup Winners ==

The 2009-10 season saw Nottingham progress beyond the first round of the GFSN cup for the first time and go on to take the trophy. A hard-fought semi-final away to London Titans, which went to extra time, set up a final against [[GFC Bournemouth]], held at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC on May 2, 2010. The match was dominated by Nottingham, who took the trophy with an 8-1 victory.

Nottingham were unable to replicate their league-winning form from the previous season, in fact with the league splitting into two at the end of the 2009-10 season Nottingham avoided relegation by the narrowest margin.

The season also saw Nottingham win their second Yorkshire 5-a-side tournament title.

==References==
<references />

== External links ==

http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website

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Nottingham Ball Bois FC, founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing in the GFSN Gay National League and the Midlands Unity League.

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

== 2006-7 Season: Formation and first matches ==

The first Nottingham Ball Bois session was held on May 14, 2006, a kick-about attended by ten players at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Interest in the club grew rapidly, with the team's first friendly match played on July 23 2006 at home, on Gresham Playing Fields, a 3-0 defeat against [[Birmingham Blaze FC]]. The next friendly, on August 23 2006, gave Nottingham Ball Bois their first victory, a 6-5 home win against [[Leicester Wildecats FC]]. During the inaugural season, further friendly games were played, and Nottingham Ball Bois entered small-sided tournaments in Leicester, Yorkshire and Dublin.

At the end of the season, the club hosted the Ballbois First Anniversary Tournament, a shortened 11-a-side invitational tournament with Leicester Wildecats FC, Birmingham Blaze FC and [[London Leftfooters FC]]. Nottingham were defeated in the final by Birmingham Blaze following a penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2006-7 season, Nottingham Ball Bois learned that their application to enter the GFSN Gay National League had been successful.

== External links ==

[http://www.nottinghamballbois.com Nottingham Ball Bois FC club website]

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Timeline of UK LGBT Sport

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[[File:LGBT-UK-Sports-Timeline.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Timeline of UK LGBT Sport]]
In many ways 2011 was a watershed for LGBT sports in the UK. LGBT History Month 2012 is once again focused on sports and with the London Olympics just around the corner it now seems a very appropriate time to look back at the progress of gay sport in this country. LGBT History Month is running right through the month of February and there are many exciting events happening around the country to celebrate the history of LGBT sports in the UK.

You can learn more about LGBT sports history from LGBT History Month online: http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk and http://www.LGBThistoryUK.org

If your UK LGBT sports club is not featured on the graphic, enter the information below.

== 1970s ==

'''1976''' [[Gay Outdoor Club]] GOC formed.

'''1976''' [[Goslings Swimming Club]] formed. Now the club includes badminton.

'''1977''' [[CAGS Tennis Group]] formed in Croydon.

== 1980s ==

'''1982''' British athletes attend the first ever Gay Games in San Francisco. UK athletes and sports groups have attended every Gay Games, Out Games and Euro Games since. Multi-sport events have been the catalyst for the growth of the gay sports movement worldwide throughout the last 30 years.

'''1983''' [[Long Yang Club]] forms, a tennis and badminton club for Asian and Western members in London

'''1989''' [[Gay Football Supporters Network]] (GFSN) forms

== 1990s ==

'''1990''' [[London Raiders]] Softball Club starts in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoons (originally called Rainbow Raiders)

'''1990''' [[Out to Swim]] is the first gay swimming club formed by athletes returning from Gay Games

'''1991''' [[Stonewall Football Club]] is the first gay football club to form

'''1992''' [[Carl Hestor]] represents the Team GB Equestrian and attends the Barcelona Olympics.

'''1992''' [[Dynamo Dykes Volleyball Club]] forms

'''1994''' [[British Gay & Lesbian Sports Federation]] forms to unite gay sports clubs

'''1994''' [[John Curry]], 1974 Olympic ice Skating Gold medallist passes away

'''1995''' [[London Front Runners]] formed

'''1995''' [[Kings Cross Steelers]] first Gay Rugby Club formed

'''1995''' [[Streatham Storm]] womens ice hockey is formed

'''1995''' [[London Spikers Volleyball Club]] formed

'''1996''' [[Village Manchester Football Club]] is formed – Manchester's first LGBT sports club

'''1996''' [[Ishigaki]] jujitsu club is formed

'''1996''' [[Leicester Wildecats]] is formed

'''1996''' [[Grace's Cricket Club]] is formed

'''1996''' [[CycleOut]] formed

'''1996''' The Team Manchester NHS project began researching LGBT Sports as a means to tackle heart disease

'''1997''' [[Brighton Lesbian & Gay Sports Society]] forms to unite Brighton Sports groups

'''1997''' [[Irons Golf]] formed

'''1998''' Nine new LGBT sports groups, including [[Northern Wave Swim Club]] are launched under the [[Team Manchester]] banner

'''1998''' [[Village Spartans FC]] formed

'''1998''' [[Bowling Bears]] formed

'''1998''' [[Justin Fashanu]], Britain's first out gay footballer, commits suicide after nearly a decade of hounding by the UK press. His story a effected a whole generation of gay athletes and there has still not been another leading footballer to come out in this country since.

'''1999''' [[Out for Sport]] London is formed and they hold first multi-sports day at Crystal Palace

'''1999''' [[Sue Emerson]] becomes first European Female Copresident of the Federation of Gay Games

'''1999''' [[Left Footers Football Club]] founded

'''1999''' [[Northern Ace Tennis Club]] founded

== 2000s ==

'''2000''' The first [[UK Gay Sports Festival]] was held in Waltham Forest. The opening ceremony was graced by the Beverley Sisters and the cultural festival was headlined by Bucks Fizz. The festival was organised by Waltham Forest Local Authority and a consortium of gay sports groups, who were led by FGG Copresident Sue Emerson. The highlight of the weekend was the dance sport competition, which was completely sold out with a capacity of 250 people.

'''2000''' [[Lee Pearson]], Team GB Equestrian Paralympian wins 1st Paralympic Gold

'''2000''' [[Northern Flight Badminton Club]] forms

'''2000''' [[Orion Rowing Club]] forms

'''2001''' [[Trina Gulliver]] wins the first of a total of nine World Darts Championship titles

'''2001''' [[London LGB Gymnastics & Diving]] forms

'''2002''' [[Michael Hill]], motorcyclist launches [[Taboo Motor Racing]]

'''2003''' Northern Wave organises the north's first international multi-sport festival at EuroPride Manchester

'''2004''' [[Chris Morgan]], Great Britain and England Powerlifter qualifies for first world final and is appointed Gay Games Ambassador

'''2004''' [[Rob Newton]] Team GB, 110 metre Hurdler makes British Olympic Team for the Athens Olympics

'''2005''' Out for Sport London hosts 'The [[Building Bridges Conference]]' that was intended to heal rifts between the Federation of Gay Games and Gay & Lesbian International Sports Association. The event was hosted by [[Ivan Bussens]] who helped the two major gay sports governing bodies come together to overcome their differences and discuss the future of gay sports.

'''2005''' Northern Wave and Team Manchester launch the first ever '[[Pride Games]]', which took place in Manchester and was attended by 750 participants. There has since been Pride Sports events held every year, hosting thousands of athletes from all over the world. Founder of Pride Games Trevor Burchick was awarded an MBE in the new year's honours list the same year for services to the community of Greater Manchester.

'''2005''' [[London Titans FC]] formed

'''2005''' Sir [[Elton John]] appointed Gay Games Ambassador

'''2005''' [[Bristol Bisons]] form

'''2006''' [[Nottingham Ball Bois FC]] is formed

'''2006''' [[Bristol Cycle Out]] form

'''2006''' BBC Sports presenter [[Clare Balding]] comes out by marrying partner in civil partnership ceremony

'''2006''' [[Trevor Burchick]] and [[Lou Engelfield]] form Pride Sports, to deliver future Pride Games and develop LGBT sports in Manchester

'''2007''' [[Sion O'Conner]] becomes male copresident of Federation of Gay Games

'''2007''' [[John Amaechi]], British NBA Basketball Star Comes Out, appointed Gay Games Ambassador, awarded MBE in 2011

'''2007''' Ivan Bussens, founder of Out for Sport London passes away

'''2007''' [[Nigel Owens]], International Rugby Referee Comes Out

'''2007''' The World's first [[LGBT Youth Games]] is held at Pride Games Manchester

'''2007''' The English Football Association for the first time forms a Working Group to tackle Homophobia in Soccer. They decided to launch new ground regulations, which ban homophobic abuse on the terraces and give powers to stewards to remove offenders. The following year the Gay community are invited to watch England v Czech Republic football match by The FA.

'''2008''' The [[Justin Campaign]] against homophobia in sport is launched in his memory 10 years after his death.

'''2008''' The first annual [[LGBT Sports Summit]] is held in Manchester, launching the UK LGBT Sports Network

'''2009''' Pride sports host the European Lesbian and Gay Sports Federation (EGLSF) annual assembly and Lou Engelfield becomes female copresident of European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation

'''2009''' Gay Games and GLISA announce their commitment to working towards 1 Quadrennial Event (1QE) for 2018 at the Manchester EGLSF general assembly

'''2009''' Professional rugby player [[Gareth Thomas]] comes out whilst still playing at international level for Wales. He became Wales's most capped player in 2007 and captained the British Lions during their 2005 tour of South Africa. Gareth's coming out once again raised the issue of team sports and in particular, raised the questions when would the first UK footballer come out of the closet?

== 2010s ==

'''2010''' [[Sheffield Eagles]] become first semi professional rugby league team to wear an anti-homophobia message in a televised match

'''2010''' London announces bid for Gay Games/OutGames 2018

'''2010''' Stonewall FC wins gold at Cologne Gay Games, Raider women win bronze in Softball. Over 850 UK athletes attend and come home with a hoard of medals.

'''2011''' [[Graham Obree]], Team Great Britain and Commonwealth Games cyclist comes out

'''2011''' [[Aisle Pitter]], The founder of Stonewall Football Club is awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours List

'''2011''' [[Ben Cohen]], Rugby World Cup Winner with England back in 2003 'comes out' as a straight ally to the gay community and launches the Stand up Foundation against homophobic bullying . Ben was recently honoured with a major humanitarian award in the US by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.

'''2011''' [[Claire Harvey]], patron of London 2018, is selected for Great Britain Sitting Volleyball Team

'''2011''' Stonewall FC wins gold at Cologne Gay Games, Raiders Women win bronze.

'''2011''' [[Steven Davies]], England Cricketer Comes Out whilst still playing international cricket. Steven made his debut for England in March 2009 in twenty /twenty cricket and then went on to make his full test debut in October of the same year. He is the first international cricketer to come out as gay.

'''2011''' LGBT athletes are invited to Downing Street to launch the government charter against homophobia and transphobia in sport. Billy Jean King, Gareth Thomas and Ben Cohen attended the event, with the Rugby Football League, Rugby Football Union, Lawn Tennis Association, English Cricket Board and the English Football Association all sign up to the charter.

'''2012''' [[LGBT History Month]] for both 2011 and 2012 are for the first time focused on Gay Sports. The launch event for 2011 takes place at Twickenham and is attended by Gareth Thomas and John Amaechi. The launch event for 2012 then takes place at the oval Cricket ground and is attended by equalities minister Lynne Featherstone.

'''2012''' For the first time at a summer games the London Olympics will host a '[[London Pride House]]' for LGBTA athletes, officials and spectators to meet and socialise during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Pride House is expected to be one of the largest cultural pavilions for more than 250,000 visitors over seventeen days.

== About the Author ==

Chris Morgan is the author of the UK LGBT History Month Sports Timeline (1976-2012)

He is a four time world champion, six time British champion and six time Gay Games gold medallist in Powerlifting and one of the Global Ambassador's to the Federation of Gay Games. http://www.chunkymuscle.com and http://www.gaygames.com

Chris would like to thank both Trevor Burchick and Lou Engelfield of Pride Sports for their help and input to this project. You can learn more about Pride Sports online at http://www.pridesports.org. Further research by Jonathan Harbourne.

Infographic by [[Jonathan Harbourne]]. You may use the graphic in whole, without editing and including the author credits. The infographic is ideal as a pull-up banner to help promote LGBT sport.
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Nottingham Ball Bois FC

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Nottingham Ball Bois FC, founded in 2006, is a gay community football club based in Nottingham, playing the GFSN Gay National League and the Midlands Unity League.

The club were GFSN League champions in the 2008-2009 season, and GFSN Cup winners in the 2009-2010 season.

Home games are played at Gresham Playing Fields in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

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[[File:AgeOfDiversity.png| | |right|Age of Diversity logo]]'''Age of Diversity''' is a UK-wide campaigning organisation, founded by [[Lindsay River]], for and by older LGBT people. It is in some ways the successor to [[Polari (organisation)|Polari]], but unlike Polari does not intend to have external funding.As stated on its website, Age of Diversity aims to:
* Represent older LGBT people at national level.
* Have a website.
* Promote writing by members on older LGBT issues
And in the slightly longer term to:
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* Have a UK-wide newsletter, online for those who have Internet access, and in the ordinary mail for those who don’t
The first publication of Age of Diversity is to be <cite>Appropriate Treatment</cite>, a report on older LGBT people's experience of general practice (to be published October 2011).

=External links=

http://www.ageofdiversity.org.uk

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'''The London Raiders''' (formally known as ''The Rainbow Raiders'') is reputably the largest softball club in Europe, if not the world. It was started by [[Jonathan Harbourne]] shortly after he arrived in London in 1990 and is an LGBT sports club.

== About ==

London Raiders Softball Club is a gay softball club which aims to offer a meaningful softball experience through play and training at skill levels that match players' abilities in a fun, safe and social environment that is accepting of sexual diversity.

== Joining ==

Raiders has seven different league teams, including one in the top division of the Greater London league (GLSML). If you would like to play with us, get in touch with our Membership Managers by using the contact form on our website.

== Softball Sunday ==

There is no official Sunday session on 3rd July (day after Pride). Our next planned Sunday activities will be on 17th July, starting at 1pm.

== Tournament Success ==

Raiders won top prize in the B division at the Pioneers Tournament in Canterbury on 24-25 June. This is one of the biggest tournaments in the country and a major achievement for the club! Special congrats to Kelvin Terblanche and Pam Wilburn, team MVPs!

== Development Squad ==

Training sessions are every Monday at 7PM at our usual spot on Wandsworth Common.

== History ==
'''1989-1992'''

Jonathan Harbourne moved to London from Cardiff in 1989 to work for a company called Chroma Image Workshop. He played softball once with his colleagues on Clapham Common in that year, and having never played teams sports in school due to discrimination, thought this would be a good alternative that the 'pubbing and clubbing' of the gay scene. He bought a ball and a bat and encouraged his friends to play a few times in Hyde Park. This continued to the summer of 1991 when he moved to Harrogate for a year, before doing so, marking his departure by 23 of the softballers going to Brighton for the weekend. When he returned to London, in the spring of 1992, Jonathan designed and printed some flyers advertising a weekly gay softball games in Hyde Park. The flyers were distributed around the gay venues of Soho and Coventry Garden, including [[The Village]], [[Compton's Cafe]] (now Ballan's Cafe) and [[The Edge]]. On the first Sunday, it was raining, no-one turned up. Undeterred, Jonathan refreshed the flyers, the second week, it was still raining, two people turned up and they went down the pub. But by the end of that first summer over 200 people re turning out each week to watch or play.

'''1993 - the gay league'''

In 1993 Jonathan encouraged the new gay venues of the burgeoning West End gay scene to form teams, and play each other in a gay league. This proved very successful, and teams from the following gay venues played that year: [[Comptons]] (pub), [[The Village]], [[The Edge]], [[Centrepoint Gym]], [[First Out Cafe]], and [[Compton's Cafe]]. That year a lot of fun was had - Comptons brought crates of beer along to the match and [[Lady Compton]] arrived in [[drag]], getting up on a soap box at [[Speakers' Corner]] to give a pro-gay rant. First Out sponsored a tequila slammer match, runs having to down a double tequila slammer for every base they got to. Jonathan and Malcolm came second, getting around 10 bases, I really can't remember who won, achieving 11 bases, but we all rolled around laughing on the grass for a long time. The league that year was won by Centrepoint Gym (an all-male team that had been allowed to compete against mixed teams!).

The gay league was hard to sustain, the following year the venues were not up for fielding teams, most of the staff of Compton's Cafe worked all night (the cafe was open 24 hours on the weekend), so players had no sleep before arriving for games, and there were a few accidents. If you have problems with finding a reliable [http://www.bestwritingservice.com essay service] that offers assistance not only with creating essays but term and research paper writing as well, I highly recommend you to visit BestWritingService.Com. But a core of individual players remained, including [[Jimmy Somerville]], Malcolm and [[Amy Lame]] (from First Out) and [[Jay Eff]]. on tap music tour of the States, accompanied by friend Malcolm, Jimmy Somerville (who worked out at Centrepoint Gym with Jonathan) bought the softball club's first proper equipment: bats, balls, bases and gloves. For the first time the club had a full set of gloves which prevented broken fingers. Malcolm was asked to carry it back. There was no official committee at this stage, people were asked to pay £1 per game as a contribution, and Jonathan lugged the equipment from his flat in [[Marylebone]] to [[Hyde Park]] every Sunday afternoon during the summer months. They all ended up in the [[City of Quebec]] pub afterwards.

'''1994 - the Publishing League'''

In 1994 the team was still going, and players wanted to join a proper league. Jonathan, by this time, was working at [[Boyz]] magazine and the [[Pink Paper]], so signed them up to the London Publishing League. To join, they needed a name, many names had been suggested by members, but crossing the park on the way to the pub where the Publishing League meeting was taking place, Perry and Jonathan had still not decided upon a name. Suddenly it occurred to one of them, that the combination of two of the suggestions hit the spot, walking into the pub minutes later, they declared themselves to be "The Rainbow Raiders".

Playing in a league, the Raiders soon became aware that they were not very good. It was one thing to be lesbian and gay in the 90s, but another thing to be lesbian and gay and losers. One regular was an older American man called [[Michael Michaelian]], because he was American, the other members thought he must know how to play ball, so they asked him to be the official coach. From that day on they never lost a game - and came second in the finals against the leading [[Finsbury Park]] team (at that level). In the stands at this finals game, Jonathan was struck by the crowd (from other teams) cheering for the Raiders for the first time. Up until now the 'gay team' had been a figure of fun, but now the underdog was no longer being mocked, but genuinely supported by all the other teams in the league. The Raiders didn't win, but for Jonathan there had been a dramatic turning point in how pele viewed gay sports teams - they could be as good as the rest, if not better.

'''1995-1996'''

In 1995 softball was gaining more experience and knowledge as a sport, it was becoming more organised, e.g. Safety bases were introduced for the first time, and training was given by the British Softball Federation for people to train as umpires (or 'blues'). Jonathan trained and became an umpire that year, umpiring matches at a tournament in Chiswick in which the Raiders played. Other umpires did not know Jonathan was part of the Raiders, so may homophobic remarks about the Raiders freely. Jonathan had tried to encourage other people, who had now been coming for seval years, to take on the leadership of the Raiders, and in 1996 after being diagnosed with HIV, quit the team. The Raider's coach, who they had assumed to be a baseball expert and had won them many games, turned out to have known nothing about softball, but rising to the challenge had ordered, watched and read every book and video cassette of softball coaching that he ordered from the States. He was in London working as a screen writing, and wrote a screen play of the Raiders called [[Shagging Flies]], which was considered for Hollywood production by the producer of Rocky. Michaelian had seen some success in previous years writing TV shows such as Star Trek, Dukes of Hazard, Hawaii 5-0 and Fantasy Island.

== External links ==
http://www.londonraiders.co.uk/

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LGBT History Project:Community portal

2011-09-21T07:03:53Z

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Welcome to the community portal. This is the place to find out what is happening on the LGBT History Project Wiki.
Learn what tasks need to be done and what groups there are to join, and share news about recent events or current activities taking place on Wikipedia.

LGBT History Project has currently been sent to [[London 2018]], selected LGBT sports clubs, LGBT Voluntary Sector organiations and [[London Gay Bikers]] to be beta-tested. This is to see if people can enter articles, and if the installation of the Wiki is stable.

Please start entering any articles you feel able you can write or start, or go to [http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages WantedPages] where there are links to articles that need writing. Please report any problems to: [mailto:jonathan@lgbthistoryuk.org jonathan@lgbthistoryuk.org].

== Extensions ==

'''Cite Extension''': the extension for adding refences (footnotes/citations) has been added. See example of use on the page "Capital Gay". 
'''TitleBlackList''': to help combat spam and vandalism, the extension for blocking titles has not been added.

Please email me to let me know what extensions you would like installed.
And also any ideas to prevent spam.

== Backups ==
The MySQL database needs to be backed up manually, and I try and do this whenever I can.
The last time it was backed up was:
16/09/2011 17:45pm

== Events ==

This is an email I sent to Lesbian and Gay News Archives and Hall Carpenter, with LGNA’s reply.

Dear Bishopsgate Institute

I am involved with several LGBT initiatives, including the LGBT Volunteers Network, the National LGBT Sports Network, I am chair of the London 2018 Gay Games bid (an Olympic Park legacy project), founder of the London Raiders (the largest softball team in the world) and co-chair of my company’s LGBT staff affinity network.

I have recently started to put together the '''LGBT History Project''':

http://www.LGBThistoryUK.org

an LGBT wikipedia specialising in British LGBT history.
I am planning to launch this web site during LGBT history month next year.

I would like to ask you if you would consider hosting an event
as part of LGBT History Month (February 2012), and in conjunction with the Hall Carpenter Archives.

The idea would be to hold a ‘research day’ where you could invite members of the public to come together to review your primary sources, and then write articles for the LGBT History Project wikipedia.
You may want to invite a university lecturer to guide the research projects, or to give a talk on research or plagiarism.

Let me know what you think

many thanks 
Jonathan

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Hi Jonathan,

Good to hear from you and I hope you are well.

We would be very happy to host such an event. Perhaps it could begin with a talk and tour about LAGNA and then attendees could request cuttings and items that they were interested in to enable to put something together for the LGBT History Project Wikipedia. Perhaps a similar day could also be held at the Hall Carpenter Archives at LSE. Attendees could do one day there and one day with us. Let me know what you think.

All the best and I look forward to hearing from you,

Stefan

'''Stefan Dickers''' 
Library and Archives Manager 
'''Bishopsgate Institute''' 
230 Bishopsgate 
London 
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T 020 7392 9270 
E stefan.dickers@bishopsgate.org.uk

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