‘We are a family’: the former Spurs footballer running a team for kids with Down’s syndrome

Allan Cockram’s Brentford Penguins FC never turn a child away – and never play without smiles. The Guardian angel helps him relive a childhood dream

llan Cockram is a former Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford footballer, but that doesn’t mean he’s rich. “If only!” says the 58-year-old from west London. “We got kicked up in the air on muddy pitches for the damn love of it.” When he was playing, footballers weren’t paid multimillion-pound salaries.

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