Jail for Tranmere Rovers fan who racially abused player

A football fan who racially abused Forest Green Rovers winger Jordon Garrick has been jailed for nine months. Ryan Ferguson, aged 24 and of Barberry Crescent in the Netherton area of Merseyside, appeared at Gloucester Crown Court for sentencing. This followed a previous guilty plea to racially aggravated public order, being a football spectator failing to comply with a football banning order under the Football Spectators Act 1989 and obstructing a constable in the execution of their duty. The offences…