Never have the Greens been so successful. Never has the fighting been so bad
'I will stand on rooftops and shout 'that man is not Green!''
Alec Herron
Alec is a writer and journalist who has written for the Guardian and spent several years in BBC newsrooms. He is determined to wedge his love for Belle Vue Aces and Gatley Tandoori into a story, and won’t stop until he has achieved it.
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Clinging on in east Manchester
In the shadow of the Etihad Stadium, the Grey Mare Lane estate is full of memories for me: many happy, some violent and unthinkable. Soon it will be gone
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Never have the Greens been so successful. Never has the fighting been so bad
'I will stand on rooftops and shout 'that man is not Green!''
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