What do you see here, where are they, what do you you notice, what do you think this story is about?
The photo shows Caroline and Mickey at the Birmingham City football ground. Mickey is 70 years old and he used to sneak under the turnstiles as a child to get in to matches. He met a friend, Bill, who he would stand next to. But when he first tried to join Birmingham's official supporter's club as a teenager, he was blocked.
Why do you think Mickey was blocked?
This was the 1960s and Mickey explains, "I was blocked. I realise now it was probably because they didn't want any dark faces or whatever."
What is this an example of?
Would this happen today?
What law is in place today about this?
Mickey says, "That really niggled me. I thought: nobody's going to deny me going to see my club."
What do you think Mickey did?
Mickey challenged it and Bill (who was white) supported him. Eventually when he was 18, Mickey was allowed in the club and could go to the home and away matches with his friend, Bill.
Caroline is Bill's daughter and remembers going to matches with her Dad and Mickey as a child in the 1970s. Bill died eight years ago. Caroline says, "My Dad would have been in his 80's now and it's not great to say, but a lot of people of that generation... you know,.."
What do you think Caroline is saying here?
"But my Dad brought us up to treat everyone equally. My Dad would have been that person to say to Mick, "Come with us, we'll get you in." That's who he was and I'm really proud of him for that."
Why do you think that make Caroline feel proud?
Today, Mickey and Caroline sit together in the stands. Caroline says, "He brings back memories of my Dad. Something might happen in a game that's emotional and he'll give me a look and I know he's thinking about my Dad." Mickey says Caroline and her daughter are "part of my family. I love them to bits."
Are they part of his family? What does he mean? What is a family?
In 2016, Mickey and his son Bik aet up the Blues 4 All club with the aim of getting more people who look like them in to the crowd.
What do you think Mickey means by "people who look like them"?
Why do you think people who look like Mickey were not going to football matches?
Mickey says it's got better and better; "We never used to see Asian girls and women. Now, because of winning the Euros, Asian women are bringing their daughters to our Academy, which is fantastic."
Who won the Euros?
Why do you think more girls are playing football today?
Mickey says they haven't had an Asian player break through in the men's side yet, "But we've got the first Punjabi girl, Riya Mannu, to sign for Birmingham City, and she scored on her debut. Football brings families and everyone together."
Do you agree?
What if you support a different team, can it still bring people together?
What can we learn from Mickey and Caroline?Why is this about No Outsiders?
Which British value is this about?
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