A huge thanks to Alice Cunningham for interviewing me for her BBC Suffolk article on why politicians use football to further their causes.

The story is based on the R*form Party leader's visit to Ipswich Town FC last week and the fallout that followed.

As a football historian and communications professional, I offer a historical perspective on when and why politics and football have intersected.

Ipswich play away at arch-rivals Norwich next Saturday, and that will be very interesting, given the Canaries trolled Ipswich about this incident.