http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...IEW-Brendan-Rodgers-better-Jose-Mourinho.html Glen Johnson was used to the insults. For years, he had shrugged off the suspicions, ignored the accusations. But what he was not prepared for was the degrading ordeal that followed. Scorer of the winning goal against his previous club Chelsea should have been savouring the realisation of a dream. Instead he was plunged into a personal nightmare. As his energetic and powerful performances prompted rival teams to accuse him of being a woman, the FA chose the crudest of methods to establish Johnson's gender. "They asked me to take all my clothes off in front of officials from the FA and the Chelsea team," he recalls. "I was really upset, my morale was low and I was crying. It was totally humiliating, but over time I have got over it." Overcoming adversity was nothing new to this most resilient of individuals. Growing up in that London his desire to become a footballer made him an outcast at school, and indeed at home. As the story made headlines around the world, Johnson faced up to the media to refute the allegations. "These accusations come because I am fast and strong, but I know that I am definitely a man," To this day, Johnson's biggest frustration remains that he has never been permitted to undergo medical gender testing in the expectation of silencing his doubters once and for all. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30760929
