I love John Fashanu, his presence, talking with openness and brevity... God bless him

As a black man in England we all need to be ready to stand up strong, its so sad their dad left them, as men we must never leave our families.

I saw that Justin fashanu goal on Match of the day. Remember it like it was yesterday. We forget what these trailblazers had to endure. Amazing bravery from Jon to speak so openly.

Didn’t know what to expect as I didn’t know who he was. But boy am I glad I did. UNBELIEVABLE story. Why isn’t this on Netflix or something? Saying that, I’m very grateful we get quality content like this for free on KZfaq. Great video.

As a Wimbledon supporter I would just like to send my gratitude to an extremely underrated player for giving me so many special moments as i child growing up watching him and the rest of the Crazy Gang in the 90's. Thank you John. R.I.P Justin

Wow! Didn’t expect to be sat here in a flood of tears. What a story. Well done John, RIP Justin 😔🕊️

Brother John Fashanu thank you for sharing your story. Much thanks to the Jackson's for adopting you and Justin. There are so many moral lessons and teachable moments from your story. May Justin Fashanu keep resting in peace.

You see life? Most people now have never heard of Justin Fashanu -- only John Fashanu. In my 50s now, I did hear of Justin back in the day; but to imagine there was a time there was John trying to pretend to be Justin is a thing people should stop to think about life. Times change and everything is fleeting

We are so blest to have you and your brother Justin Fashanu put Nigeria on the map. Even though your father abandoned you both, you still kept your wonderful Nigerian surname, and introduced yourself as a Nigerian in this meaningful documentary. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being so honest and frank about your life journey. So many of us can relate. God bless you always darling John. P.S Thank you for settling back in Nigeria.

All my respect to you Mr Fash. RIP dear Justin. Thank you Mr and Mrs Jackson for your open arms.

In 1996, my parents temporarily moved us to Kent, UK whilst my dad was sponsored to do breast cancer research. From Kurdistan, Iraq to Kent, with the idea of then permanently settling in Italy 1.5 years later. I was enrolled in a local school in Kent and at the time, I was basically the only 'foreign' kid in my year. There was one UK born and bred Turkish kid and that's it. The rest were all English kids. At the end of my first week, one of the kids in my class was so insulted by my presence (he had been asked to clear a locker that wasn't his for me to use) that he started singing the popular Christmas song but with its words altered: 'I'm dreaming of a WHITE Britain like the one I used to know'. He sang this over and over again in front of the entire class. All the other kids laughing their heads off all the while the teacher pretended to be deaf. I was 14 years old. Never in my life did I feel as alone as I did on that day. People have no idea what prejudice does to people. It never leaves you.

Justin spent a few months living in my hometown of Greenrigg and he was an absolute gentleman, hounded by the press but gave so much of his time to the kids helping them training at football and giving the under privileged training gear, he could play as well. rest easy big man

Bless the Jackson’s for adopting John and Justin…

Omg I'm actually crying. 😥 There's something about a real story of hardship & loss, with no fairy tale ending, that i really appreciate.

What an articulate man. I am 61 but when my dad first took me to the football my team had 2 black players, this was the early 70's, it was normal to me & those players were my heroes at Bradford.

This channel needs way more recognition the editing is god level like absolutely seamless

Crazy story and he was unbelievably strong to put up with everything and still be a success! Mad respect for him! 👏🏿👏🏿

Bro you know whats crazy, besides this not getting the recognition it deserves, you literally used half of my study playlist for this video! Big ups to Mr Fashanu he is a crazy story teller and rest in peace to his brother. This shit hits different when you have older brothers yourself...

It's tough to watch this, rip Justin we all remember THAT goal as kids against Liverpool.

So eloquently spoken could listen to him all night. God bless Justin

That was an excellent watch, great work, Despite what sadly became of Justin, both he and John are total legends and their story will go on after we are all gone,

Jesus Christ... I'm as straight as an ARROW Jamaican but this story brought tears to my eyes.. RIP JF

Thank you John. God bless you. You triumphed against the odds, as did Wimbledon, and showed that with determination you can come through impossible situations and win. Really inspiring, thanks for sharing it with us, I had no idea.

This was a truly beautiful piece of time for an autobiography that couldn’t have been narrated any better by anyone else to tell their story. What an absolute gent and hard bastard John fashanu was

I shed a tear watching this 😢😢😢😢 Hope God keeps everyone down watching this has a great life ❤️

Emotional story; but NO tears from me, just genuine fond memories of Justin and John Fashanu. Both knew how to look after themselves on the pitch... For Justin to 'come out' THAT took balls, BIG BALLS.!. Much respect to BOTH of you. R.I.P Justin Fashanu, and wishing contentment to you John Fashanu 🙏

This man is a living legend when it comes to inspiring young people. I remember my foster dad telling me his story as a young boy. Thank you. John and Justin

You can tell he really misses his brother. John is a top man!

John is another of our teachers that we needed 40 years ago.

Your brothers words to you were beautiful. Nothing better than fighting against and making the most ignorant among us look silly. Amazing story. Always heard the name but never the story.

I watched his first game for Lincoln City and he just oozed class from the second he stepped onto the pitch. Great player and and great man …what a star 👍

Why isn’t this a Netflix special? This is absolutely incredible.

What a great story and a great man!

The tears in Johns eyes whilst watching Justin so very sad 😢

Great speaking John. I knew you at Wimbledon and the crazy gang. Wiggy and all the good lads. You always speak so well. It was a pleasure to have known you. May God bless and protect you. Keep strong Sir.

It’s a bittersweet story. You can see that he’s has regrets. Death puts a lot of things into perspective. I believe that he sincerely loved his brother.

John, I met Justin in New Zealand in 1994. Really lovely friendly fella.

So sad but what a strong guy to get through that racism

Cried my eyes out to Ian wright now balling to Bash. Both men iconic to the British game. RIP Justin 🙏🏻

What a beautiful story. Well told, and so enjoyed. Thank you for bringing your story to life. 🙏🏾

Wow what a powerful watch that was,life lessons in there for everyone too,superb production well done to all involved😉👍.

Excellent story. Excellent perseverance. Strong man, I wish him all the best.

Its a pity Justin isint around to tell his part of the story.

No fan of football but man, he can tell a story. Intrigued. .sorry for his loss

I went to the same high school as the brothers did, a couple of years behind them. There was so much love and respect there for them both.

Sensitively handled. Two brothers. Two legends.

Bless you Ms Jackson for helping the boys

thank you john for such a beautiful story that touched my soul and made me cry, love to you and justin and your parents where ever they all may be. xxxxxxxxxxx

Watched all the shorts on this channel great editing skills now on to the video,s

Imma need a full documentary on that roc nation short lol, would be super interesting to watch. Nice job though got so much info in such a short time

Justin Fashanu came to Nigeria in 1982 with another brother who was studying law or, was in the law profession to reunite with their father. Their father had remarried to a white lady and, had a family with her. Both Justin and Phillip - their other brother - played an exhibition game with one of the local teams. Justin’s father mentioned in one of the main newspapers in Nigerian that he did not abandon his boys. Justin later mentioned to one of the Nigerian television stations that he wished England made it through to the semifinals of the World Cup in 1982 as England were about to play against Spain in their last game of the second phase of the 1982 World Cup. Very interesting memories. John did not make that trip.

Really moving and powerful. You’re a true hero John Fashanu.

They’re two cute handsome young boys! Justin was the best black footballer I knew after Pele and Eusebio, easily and hands down. RIP Justin. I knew their father and white step mother and mixed race step brothers and sister. I lived in the same area as the father.

Thanks John, for sharing your story

Incredibly moving story and so eruditely told by his brother.

So honest and sensitively told. God bless this lovely man.

Thank you for this well done

I grew up in the neighbouring village to where they grew up. Despite their fame no one mentioned them. Always struck me as bizarre to ignore these excellent footballers

I wonder whether Justin was abused whiles hex was at the Bernardo home

Beautifully narrated John, an eventful life for you and your brother....May he rest in eternal peace ✌🏽

Tears in my eyes watching this.

Wow, what a brilliant documentary.

Neutral just hoping for a classic final, from the 2 best teams of the season. It has matchups, both teams play both sides of the floor, any team can lock down the other. What a final, can't wait. Pundits say Boston, but Luca & Kyrie have ego's the size of an ocean. Let the quality and IQ of these finals go down in history as one to remember.

I met John; He'd come to kenya to start/fund some TV station that didn't do very well...that was around 2000. I had read a bit about Justin and seen some clips of him in his apogee...and I thought how unfortunate! been wishing that this story is done and am glad. Hats off to the Fashanus; these guys went through an emotional wringer...and when Balotelli arrived and I had read his story; it is the Fashanus that came to mind yet again! Thanks bro for giving me a fan; closure. I was more of a fan of the Fashanus from the perspective of 'the hounding of David Oduwale' rather than football. Was all in my quest after living in the british isles, to understand what I found to be such a peevish society.

I’m so sorry for all you had to endure just because you were different. I hope you keep sharing your experience ( because there are too many people like the teacher) and that it propelled you in some way to success.

God bless you John. And your spectacular brother Justin 🙏

Both great footballers, John is a proper legend.

THAT goal against Liverpool, remember watching it on MOTD never forgot it

Uncle John is a very good friend of mine.We met in Kaduna in 2009 during my service year.He kept referring to me and picked me out from the crowd and told me to meet him when I returned to Lagos.We’ve been friends since then.A very resilient and hardworking person.We did a lot of things together.He likes money lol

You are a Legend, Bro.

Big up the Fashanu’s they had it tougher than tough 🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿👑👑👑👑👑❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯

I'm sorry for the loss of your brother 😢😢😢😢

I was there at Wembley that day in 1988 to see John Fashanu and the Crazy Gang make history. It was sad to hear about the fate of his brother. I do remember seeing the news reports at the time.

Fash d bash you are very strong. I'm so sorry for what happened to Justin, just hearing it the first time. I like especially how you have been grooming up coming footballers. I will say don't ever neglect your passion,you will be remembered for it.

Such a humble man ❤

Beautiful and tragic where success was bourne from . Sucess was triumphant through adversity. Hate took and took but love won . We should all take something from this epic true story . Rest in peace to Justin Fashanu . His death wasn't in vain . I hope if anything came from it , it was a brutal and a sacrifice of life which should be a yardstick that hate and fear cause deaths. Let this beautiful tragedy tramsit the message and hopefully even if it saves and changes a few then some good has come from bad .

John, that story cut me so deep. I cannot imagine the resolve you have to go through dealing with racism, I copped nowhere near as much as you but it scarred me. I still look on Facebook trying to find those who made my life horrible during those times, hoping I can find and turn up to their door as a man. Luckily, for them, or me, they are nowhere to seen. It's a pain that I just cant let go of, which has some grip on my life. I've only ever experienced racism from white people and oriental people. Both, which I am mixed with. How mind fucking is that.

Just Wow, I was a kid during this time and only saw headlines. So good to hear the story from those who were the story.

Justin used to train at my school with the local team. This was after he came out as gay. He got so much abuse from the kids as the pitch they used was right where the transitions happened between classes. He ignored it as best he could, but that must have been horrible to go through.

Growing up in Nigeria the Fashanu brothers inspire us.

What two beautiful people inside and out......

John was awful about Justin being gay.could be because of prejudice, but it was his brother

Thought John was all for himself and did Justin bad.

I cried😢

I didn't like John Fashanu, because of his presenting style. It felt too minstrel for me at the time with his awooga. But I never knew his backstory in that much detail, I knew he had a gay brother. Everyone knew that with the tabloids. But to hear his life, I've got a whole knew respect for him and he's gone up ten fold. If I had seen John before this, I wouldn't care. But now I would like to think I would go up to ask him can I hug you and say thank you. For standing up and being strong in face racist.

Maybe it's time Vinicius Jr went ballistic on his haters.

What a great speaker

Steve Mcmanaman 😂 John has lost his marbles.

R.I.P Justin

Him and his mother abandoned him and caused his suicide. I’ll never forget the panorama interview he did when he said he would be disgusted to share a changing room with his brother.

Wow what a story

Love you Fash the bash . Justin Fashanu RIP ❤

Black players need to stop playing for England .Look at Saka in 2024. Time to start having pride in yourself and to play for your parents Country

John's football career was cut short early, but did allow him to do the great work he did on Gladiators, so all clouds

i am so glad that John has now confessed to this about his brother i was fostered and grew up in Norwich and knew the boys being black girl didn't mean i didn't have to put up with racism. Like he said we were on our own and back then Norwich was one of the racist cities in England. I know John more because he dated a friend of mine Patricia. It was a sad day when i heard Justin had committed suicide and the newspapers were very cruel to Justin when they found out he was gay and Jonn was ashamed at the time, which really annoyed me that he was trying to hide his brother.

Looks like a nice brother, big up!!

A beautiful tribute to Justin Fanshanu by his brother John.

never knew his background. feel so sorry for his brother and im glad the jacksons adopted them. how a father can casually have kids then f off out of their lives is worse than most crimes. their biological mum i wonder what ever happened. i remember the game fash got the injury, im glad he did well for himself outside football too

God has a path for everyone and your journey you travelled

Justin Fashanu played for my local team Southall FC in 1990