A 14-year-old boy was subjected to vile racist abuse from Manchester City fans on the train home from London.

Isaac Abbs-Brown was travelling on a train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly with his family when ‘aggressive’ Man City fans hurled abuse at him.

At one point, Isaac went to the toilet and a group of men started banging down the door, shouting abuse at him.

Isaac and his 11-year-old brother, Joss, are Thai and were adopted by Jani and Ian Abbs-Brown when they were younger.

Jani, who lives in Hayfield, said: “The carriage was full of Manchester City fans who were drunk.

“They were very abusive. When he was in the toilet there was a group of men who were kicking the door down and calling him offensive names.

“He was really upset, he’s only a little boy, we just couldn’t understand it.

“Isaac said to me, ‘That’s not even my ethnicity’”.

On Saturday fans were travelling back to Manchester after City lost 4-1 to Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

Jani said it isn’t the first time Isaac has been subjected to racial abuse.

She said: “He used to go to school in Macclesfield and experienced some racism there.

“But never anything as horrible as this.

“Some of these men were in their 50s. Joss didn’t get any abuse, he was sat by the window reading.

“We were sat on the outside of [the boys], we feel like we have to shield them.”

The group were so aggressive the family decided to move down into another carriage and reported them to the British Transport Police after the incident on Saturday.

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Jani added: “I think anyone with a family who felt uncomfortable would have moved away.

“Isaac was very upset on Sunday but he’s back at school now and getting on with it.”

A British Transport Police spokesman said: “Our officers were contacted following an incident of alleged racial abuse directed at a 14-year-old boy by a group of Manchester City fans travelling on the 6pm Virgin service from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly.

“Officers are currently investigating several lines of enquiry to trace those responsible.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police on 0800 405040 or text 61016 quoting the reference 124 of 28/09/15.”

A spokesman for Virgin Trains said they wouldn’t comment because the incident is a police matter.