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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

Liverpool FC fan racially abused by rival fans tracks down man who stepped in to help

A Liverpool FC fan who was racially abused by rival fans after a match at Anfield has tracked down a man who heroically stepped in to help him.

Reds fan Mas Patel and his 12-year-old son Zenadin had travelled to Anfield from their home in London to watch Liverpool take on Brentford in January.

On the train back to the capital after the match, Mas became aware of a group of Brentford fans making vile chants, which included racist and homophobic terminology as well as slurs about the Hillsborough disaster.

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