Jake Daniels' Blackpool teammate apologises for homophobic tweets

Blackpool captain Marvin Ekpiteta deleted the offending Twitter posts (Richard Sellers/PA)

Blackpool defender Marvin Ekpiteta has apologised for historical homophobic social media posts which have left him embarrassed in the wake of team-mate Jake Daniels coming out.

On Monday, the 17-year-old Blackpool forward came out publicly, becoming the first openly gay male footballer in Britain to do so while still playing since Fashanu in 1990.