Norwich City and Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn has hailed a "fantastic" Canaries fan who has raised £40,000 for charity after receiving online abuse.
Nathan West received an outpouring of support after being mocked for his appearance when giving his opinions in a Pink Un video on Twitter ahead of City's game against Millwall.
His upcoming half marathon in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support now has more than £43,000 raised after a remarkable turnaround.
🔰🏴 “I’m going to watch the first half, and then have the second half in my headphones.”
— The Pink Un (@pinkun) August 20, 2023
🟡🟢 What’s your plan for following the Lionesses❓ #NCFC pic.twitter.com/LEcSt9F7Pm
Now Norwich keeper Gunn has become the latest high-profile figure to praise Mr West after winger Jonathan Rowe, Irish international Shane Duffy and even officials at Wembley Stadium all offered their support.
Gunn said he was pleased to see the City fan had received a lot of positive comments after the social media post, which has received more than 26m views, despite those who chose to abuse him.
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He said: "After the game the other day, I saw the video on your channel and I saw a lot of people say about the negative comments that he was getting but when I looked there were so many positive ones.
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"It is a nice story after a really good day for the club.
"It’s been even nicer to see the reaction of the whole football family.
"To get his charity donations over £40,000 – hopefully he will be really happy with himself as it’s for a fantastic cause.”
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