When it comes to living room football, my son is a worse loser than Donald Trump

In the third instalment of his new series, Will Gore explains the Black Lives Matter movement to his five-year-old, as they take a knee before kick-off

Marcus Rashford of Manchester United takes a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on 1 November (Getty)

I discovered football in 1985.

By the age of six, lots of the other boys in my class had already selected a team to support. A few had plumped for Ipswich Town, East Anglia’s big club back then, with Bobby Robson at the helm. Many others had gone for glory, backing the almighty Liverpool.

Since my favourite colour was red, Liverpool ought to have been a contender. But from what I’d seen, their red had a kind of orangey hue – and I wasn’t fond of their badge. What’s more, they were just too obvious; I preferred the idea of rooting for an underdog. Which is how – though few later would believe it – I alighted on Manchester United.