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Fulham Players Leave Field to Celebrate Goal With Fan Who Has Cerebral Palsy

It has been quite the memorable week for 13-year-old Rhys Porter.

Porter, a Fulham fan with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy, was bullied online "with thousands of hateful online comments discriminating against my disability" after posting videos on TikTok of himself playing as a goalkeeper for Feltham Bees FC, a football club for disabled people.

Fulham, which was relegated from the Premier League last season, rallied around Porter, inviting him to training to work with goalkeepers Paulo Gazzaniga and Marek Rodák. The club website also gave Porter a player profile on its first-team roster that listed his club history and included a player bio.