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Sadly, that is very true. I may not remember homophobic abuse in those decades, but I certainly recall shed loads of racist abuse.

Yeah, I was also called a soft southerner when I first moved north of Brighton, so I can fully concur with that one, ... but I didn't hear bum boy and the like insults until much much later. In this modern era of You Tube clips, maybe somebody will be able to post some early footage of opposing...

Maybe it was amongst the homosexual community, I wouldn't know anything about that, but it wasn't regarded as such by general society, and more particularly by football fans, not until much later in the century.

I would not for one second suggest any of the story is not true, but I would suggest your recollection of the conversation might be inaccurate? Nobody referred to Brighton fans as bum boys in the early 80's. I attended those Cup Finals, and at no stage can I recall the United fans chanting...

You younger readers might not know him, but the oldies certainly should. Mike Smith? An Englishman who became Manager of the Wales National Football team a few years back? He was my P.E. Teacher at Brighton Grammar School back in the mid to late 60's. He was quite a scary man! He absolutely...