A UK football charity has recorded 203 reports of homophobia during 2025/26, marking a 46% increase from the previous season. The organisation received a total of 1,744 reports of discrimination, a 25% rise from the previous period. The football charity also noted a 41% rise in reports of discriminatory chanting, whether it be racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or ableist. “With more than 1,000 discrimination incidents recorded by Kick It Out last season, football cannot and must not be complacent,” Englefield concluded. These findings come shortly after the UK Football Policing Unit also shared that domestic abuse incidents during the 2026 FIFA World Cup were at their highest recorded level, with 384 incidents recorded.