Millwall Romans Football Club is one of London’s LGBTQI+ friendliest and inclusive teams based in Rotherhithe, south-east London. The Romans play in the London Unity League (LUL) - a competition for LGBT+-inclusive clubs in the capital - and are members of GFSN, who administer national competitions. In the last year the Millwall Romans programme has grown to 57 members, which has developed into a further team called Millwall Pride.
Millwall Romans and Millwall Pride members have been advisers to sports and government organisations on inclusion within sport.
Members of the Romans, Pride, MFC fan base , Club and Trust staff took part in London pride 2022.
Romans Manager, Paul Loding said: "2022 has been another great year for the Millwall Romans and Millwall Pride. It’s very important for the community to have an inclusive team. It’s about providing that safe space. Players are very shy, and particularly in the football world, which is probably quite antiquated in its views. However, we’re proud to be able to continue providing a safe space for everyone.
"A player can come along to us, it doesn’t matter if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, doesn’t make any difference. We don’t want to know, doesn’t matter. It’s just a group who get together and want to play football and feel comfortable in themselves."
