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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You're listening to BBC Sounds. Hello, cheers for downloading, for subscribing to the S-Gram-Fi podcast. Today we've got the company myself and

Nicky of Tom 4 Dice a recognizable name. He's the BBC's chief sports writer. You

might also recognize the voice. He's the man alongside Peter Crouch and Chris Stark on the

Peter Crouch podcast. He's been following England for the duration of this tournament and

this chat does mainly concentrate on England and I think you'll find it quite interesting so

here's Nicky Tom and myself.

Love an oita I have been in oita now for hang on well.

I got flown out of Tokyo Gareth like the US Ambassador getting taken off the

roof of the embassy in Saigon in 1975 by a helicopter.

Oh yeah because you were meant to be in where was the game England France

went to be?

It was going to be in Yokohama. So once that game went I was flown down here because England obviously

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