My one man battle against gangs

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My one man battle against gangs

He has faced down most of the gangs in Easterhouse – as well of some of their parents – during his one-man battle to save the area.

Richard McShane manages a football team called Phoenix United, made up of members of all five street gangs. But at one match the parents of a gang member turned up with baseball bats, after hearing their old enemies The Aggro were looking for trouble.