Peter Hooton

Background

Hooton was born in Everton in September 1962 but worked on the Cantril Farm estate as a youth worker and it was after this estate that he named his band The Farm about 20 years later.

Career

Hooton appeared on a British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live discussion about the future of football in Liverpool in April 2010.

Achievements

• He was also its sole founder member in the 1980s.

Membership

Hooton is a committee member of Spirit of Shankly, a Liverpool Football Club supporters union, which was created in 2008 with the aims of ousting the club"s controversial owners Tom Hicks and George North. Gillett, Junior. and protecting the rights of Liverpool supporters.