Jim Smith was a guest of the Prime Minister last night as he visited 10 Downing Street to accept a place in the 'Show Racism the Red Card" Hall of Fame.

Jim joined other notable guests who have worked hard to kick racism out of the beautiful game, including Sol Campbell, Avram Grant, Roy Hodgson, Dave Jones, Tony Pulis, George Burley and David O'Leary

Jim told us:

"It was a great evening and a great reason to meet up. I hadn't been to Downing Street before but we received our awards and then met the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The event was in the garden because it was such a beautiful evening, but I was given a tour round inside and it's an impressive place. I had a chance to speak to the Prime Minister and told him that now he knew how it felt to be a football manager!

"Speaking to people like Robbie Earle and Sol Campbell it is apparent that the game of football has made massive strides in fighting racism, but it is an ongoing thing and evenings like this are all about getting the message across that we still need to keep working to give racism the red card."