Hundreds of thousands of young Asians are playing and watching the game around the country every weekend.Yet, despite this interest, there are currently only seven Asian players in the professional game.
The National Asians in Football Forum are a group of individuals who are working with Asian communities and football or sports development across the UK.
Some of the professional Asian players, in both the men's and women's game, have spoken about their achievements and some of the barriers facing Asian players.
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Peter Tatchell
"Homophobic abuse of footballers is completely unacceptable and is one of the main reasons why there are no out gay professional footballers."
Peter Tatchell, gay rights campaigner