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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Alan Smith

Famous Portsmouth fan gets ban after entering ladies toilets and 'identifying' as woman

A well-known Portsmouth fan has been banned from the club's next two fixtures after entering the women's toilets at half-time of last Saturday's defeat to Sheffield Wednesday and claiming that he was transgender.

John Westwood, the tattooed-bookseller who is renowned for his bell ringing at Fratton Park, said that "no malice" was intended and he was "just having a laugh and a giggle" because it was "women's day."

Pompey had dedicated the fixture to the Her Game Too campaign, which attempts to raise awareness of sexism across the sport.

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