‘Kids with Down’s have no filter. I love it’: Allan Cockram, the man behind the Mighty Penguins

A new film charts the rise of a west London football club for young players with Down’s Syndrome, and the team’s founder has a fairly extraordinary life story of his own

Allan Cockram, the man behind the Mighty Penguins. A new film charts the rise of a west London football club for young players with Down's Syndrome, and the team's founder has a fairly extraordinary life story of his own. Pic: Sophia Evans/Guardian /eyevine 

A new film charts the rise of a west London football club for young players with Down’s syndrome.

The team’s founder has a fairly extraordinary life story of his own, writes Donald McRae