"I feel fortunate I’ve not had death threats" - Rachel Brown-Finnis speaks out on online abuse

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Rachel Brown-Finnis considers herself one of the lucky ones. After all, the former England international, now a pundit on BT Sport, knows that as a female working in football, she is a prime target. “I feel kind of fortunate in a lot of ways that I’ve not had death threats,” she admits. “Actually saying that out loud is so ridiculous, isn’t it? “Unfortunately that’s the nature of people in my position and in positions where you have quite a large profile on social media.” A new study by YouGov, commissioned by BT Sport, has shown that more than one in ten people have received online abuse over the past year.

Those stats are far worse for women, with one in five that received online abuse saying it was about their appearance. For those in