Fowler's "justification" for that in his autobiography is quite astonishing.

It basically boils down to:

"All footballers wind up opponents. I'm no worse than anyone else. Graeme doesn't like being called gay, so I called him gay to wind him up. It's just banter. Harmless banter."

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 21, 14:09:17