Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men.

It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out.

Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham.

But his life of violence led to his downfall.

Why did it happen?

Why did they do that?

How did Viv Graham build an empire?

It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really?

Gangster, the story of Viv Graham.

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Nicky Robinson, I feel like we owe our listeners an apology, don't we?

I'll say sorry.

I'm very good to say sorry to people all the time. So the last time I saw you was out in Dublin and our listeners will have become accustomed to

having post-match pods and we're full of good intentions we were going to record at the airport, final whistle, we were making our way to the airport.

I lugged a mic, some technical equipment and lo and behold.

You were in a different terminal.

Yes, I did phone you and say,

ah, this isn't gonna work, is it?

I thought there would be other players you could have grabbed.

So Andrew Coombs was around.

Yeah, we wanted you and so did Garretrizoan actually text me Sunday morning going,

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