As for the word gyppo (however it's supposed to be spelled), Hooky is right in the fact that David Currie used to get called it by away fans. And by the Leicester fans more than anybody else, if I remember rightly. Because, and here's the silly childish reason, he maybe looked a bit scruffy at times with his long hair and tash.
I know a lot of people who get called a lot of homosexual names because of their appearance too. Doesn't make it less offensive or any more acceptable to say
And I didn't say it did, I'm saying it's silly and childish to begin with, and it certainly isn't acceptable.