IT is not only Fulham players rallying behind trolled disabled footballer Rhys Porter.
The 13-year-old became an internet sensation when stars from the Championship side ran to celebrate with him after going 1-0 up against Bristol City last Saturday.
But what happened after the game was perhaps even more exciting for the youngster, who hit headlines after a TikTok video on him playing for his football team drew thousands of vile messages online.
His mum Kelly has told how a gang of “serious-looking” Fulham fans raced down the train to find him on the way home after the match.
She says: “They were the real hardcore fans that don’t wear any Fulham stuff.
“They were carrying their plastic pints, banter in full flow. Suddenly, one of the guys tells everyone in the carriage that Rhys, ‘Is a legend’.
“He said the whole of Fulham’s Hammersmith End has got his back. Anyone picking on Rhys in the street is going to need to watch out. He’s one of the lads, wheelchair or not.
“Then this bloke said, ‘If your mum can’t take you to football, I’m going to come and get you’.”
At the family’s home in Hillingdon, Middlesex, Rhys breaks into a wide smile and says: “It was brilliant!”
