Martin Richardson is a Hartlepool United supporter who has been dragged into a legal battle with the police for standing near a crowd of youths during a football disorder against Bradford FC last season.

it has been published on local news that Martin did not act violent and did not cause any public nuisance but was near a group who were. He has been used as a statement by local authorities. 

Martin himself deals with mental health problems and needed an interpreter during the court proceedings as he struggles with hearing and speech. 

see statement by the Hartlepool mail branding him a yob, and statements from local authorities stating he was literally just among the crowd not throwing any missiles or armed. 

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/crime/hartlepool-football-yob-handed-three-year-ban-for-his-part-in-large-scale-disorder-after-bradford-city-match-3803688?fbclid=IwAR2IW1sJq-0vXL3k-UVLUivKzRdF3qbrpOZOa-La4j-Oy7mFC87uC1zbOJY

this petition is to help get him back in the ground where he belongs and not to miss 3 years of seeing his team he has followed for no reason.