60 year Old Trans Goalie

[Arran2024]

What a very positive, supportive interview! Look at the size of this goalie - how many women can play competitively at 60?!! https://www.outsports.com/2025/4/24/24110625/paula-griffin-soccer-football-trans-athletes-uk-london-goal-diggers-clapton-cfc/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ8qWtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvS3_DgPh6TVAkELyA1fDoubEAdZabg18rKk8IcRELBMlCQTinGR0Ew7Gbb-_aem_3M6MIj6UGi1EKhNgrPgPpQ

Having big hands does help with being a goalkeeper.

Positive and supportive of who? Certainly not the women who have to risk their physical safety to play against a man who has cheated his way into a women's team

Whilst sometimes i would argue why does it matter if you are just playing for fun, if you are playing in any kind of league it is really unfair to allow male born players to compete who are on average taller and have bigger hands. It has nothing to do with changing facilities or being kind to each other, just plain fairness. My dd had to show her birth certificate stating female to play rugby

Like the helpful pointing out that he is 'the one in green ' in the photo, I never would have known otherwise! 🤪

Who is the transgender player?

It's the bloke in green.

And being 1' taller than the opposition players, with correspondingly wider reach. And legs that can jump faster and further, too. Can't imagine what attribute he has that makes him steaks out from all the female players.

He’s like a brick shithouse. Nothing’s getting past that.

‘My body has reset itself’ it really hasn’t mate, you’re still a bloke.

As I scrolled down and the picture came into view I thought he was jumping. Then I saw he was just standing with his arm in the air, towering over the women near him. He's not even on tiptoes!

8 clean sheets - wonder what contributed to that?!!

Only started playing four years ago, must have been 56 then. How many women start playing aged 56?!

I've seen this person playing parks football in SW London at least a couple of times. I think even this weekend just gone or the one before. Sticks out like a sore thumb for obvious reasons. Galling to see someone who had his chance at playing 20, 30, 40 years ago use his male height to consign actual women to benchwarming. About the most charitable interpretation of this farcical situation is maybe that it's really difficult to recruit goalkeepers and that maybe their turning out maybe leads to fewer games being called off or something?

I'd wager not many. But since he's a man that doesn't really come into it, does it?

This has got to be a joke. The massive guy towering over the others??

TRUK United gets a mention in the article. I follow one of the team, a boy who’s been transitioned by his mum, on IG. He’s been medicated for years and is still attempting to present as a teenage girl despite his jaw getting bigger by the month. It’s incredibly sad.

Don't disagree with any of the other comments but looks great for sixty!!

I know the one you mean. Got a little bit of press attention a few years ago. Another example where the mother is entirely to blame. Her kid is a really vulnerable, very effeminate, presumably gay, boy, who deserved so much better than to be put on grey market cross sex hormones at such a young age.

That’s a man. And it actually comes across as if the journalist and/or photographer are somewhat taking the piss and showing him up.

Yes, mum is often in publicity photos and is very invested. She is entirely to blame.

quite a strong grift element, no, asking for financial donations not infrequently?

the child looks a little wrong to me. proportions are odd, as if the unprescribed medication has been 'successful' in stunting some aspects of normal male bone growth but has left other aspects untouched.

Reminds me of a picture of the tallest man in history that had me choking with laughter - the caption said that the tallest man in the world was on the right of the picture. Wish I could find it.