Andy Capp has been amusing­ readers­ of the Daily Mirror­ for 60 years now... and really left his mark on millions of fans. Many ardent followers have shown their devotion by being tattooed ...

Andy Capp banner at a French football match He says: “A 1960s editorial in Istanbul’s Hareket Gazetesi was quick to recognise this. The editor wrote, ‘Andy is as much Turkish as he is English.