80% of disabled sports fans face discrimination

Nearly eight in ten North East sports fans say they have faced discrimination when they went to football games.

62% of disabled fans say after the experiences it made them never go to a live match again

Negative attitudes from fellow fans is the biggest offender with 31% followed had difficulty getting to away matches and the same number had problems seeing from inside the stands according to new research from Scope.

We spoke to County Durham quadruple amputee Lyndon Longhorne, who survived meningitis as a baby.

He says his experience of sports events in the region has actually been positive:

"I think when people in the stands see people with a disability they see you as being one of the rest they don't see you as any different."

"All the fans get me involved and it's just great to see that everyone likes to be part of a big group and not want to single you out."

"I think for anyone that is at a game and sees a disabled person I think it's a matter of making them feel comfortable and making them feel comfortable rather than singling them out. If the team do score and there is a disabled person next to them then it's a case of then you are shouting and cheering with that person you don't them out."