Clough’s tough love, Fergie’s tantrums and a trailblazing career – Viv Anderson hoping son Freddie fulfils his FAI Cup final dream

Former England, Forest and Man Utd defender will be at Aviva Stadium today, cheering on Cork City and his son in big decider

Viv Anderson: ‘There are no black faces at board level or in the FA. They’ll interview blacks or Asians but still give the job to the white guy they spoke to weeks earlier.’ Photo: Mike Egerton/Getty

When Audley Anderson arrived in Nottingham from Jamaica as one of the Windrush generation in 1954, his primary sporting passion was cricket, not football. Garfield Sobers had made his debut that year in a series win against the country he would soon call home.

Anderson met Myrtle a year later and after young Viv was born in 1956, football took over. It would become his life and times, a tale of much triumph and occasional torment.