COCKNEY REDS is a candid account of a period of terrace history that will never be repeated, and of the close camaraderie of a hooligan gang based on enemy turf. You get "glory hunters" from clubs home cities, as soon as any club is more successful then home crowds increase and fans come out of the woodwork, I've known people to change their allegiance to the club of the moment (Chelsea, Manchester City etc.

By definition, uttering something malicious about someone is a slanderous act, while, it being in print, is considered libelous. The following decades were dominated by European travel and a series of misadventures in continental cities, as respectability eluded the wiser but still wild old-school heads. Merky FC aims to help level the playing field by giving off-pitch opportunities to young Black people in the beautiful game of football. Last month, the Manchester Evening News revealed that O'Neill is managing director of Champion Sports Travel, which organises away-match packages for travelling United fans.That means I know my Bottle and Glass from my Beggar Boy's Ass - and neither mean what you think they might! for what its worth would you still be saying this "bucket head" is a good lad if you were a city fan and you happened to bump into this guy and ask him for a ticket. I remember the train pulling in to be met by loads of Midland and Northern Spurs and being marched to the ground like a huge army. Seeing more young black people in these roles, more black people in positions of power away from being on the pitch.

But well done for trying to sound hard on an internet forum all the same, I can just see you and Redinsyd slapping each other up, while the rest of us watch panorama. And just seeing that thrive and grow and inviting more people to come along and offer those opportunities for the young people. I wouldn't wish for anyone to be 'shot in the head' I will leave that to well behaved citizens like yourself? Even his journey from a footballer and him now, everything he does and how unashamedly he stands in his views and his beliefs.And then someone from Sky Sports came over – I thought they were telling us to keep the noise down because we were talking a lot – and said, ‘Stormzy, do you want to go on there?

So I think when Ian Wright comes along, Thierry Henry comes along, we know we can kick ball – we’ve always known we can kick ball – but in terms of the roles and the other positions in the industry we don’t see our representation, and representation is important. They imagine themselves in some kind of hard core of "real" fans becausee they have bought a ticket from, or a pint for someone who scrapped his way though a season. Saturday morning we head into the town centre and into a united pub where all their top boys meet pre match. After was a different matter as they would mob up and the walk back to the station was always fun and games. He eventually emerged as a leader, working as a bricklayer to fund his campaign around the country, backed by his ‘firm’ of brawlers and boozers.

Whilst I have got used to this kind of baiting, I feel it is quite an ignorant stance taken by outsiders looking in and I myself have been more than welcomed by Mancunians I have encountered and I’m pretty sure nobody screamed abuse at none of these players either.