Dainton Connell (14 February 1961 – 5 October 2007), known as "Denton" or "The Bear", was a noted leader of one of the Arsenal's hooligan firms during the 1980s. Later in his life he served as a bodyguard, minder and manager to the Pet Shop Boys, appearing on albums and in music videos by the duo.

Dainton Connell was Arsenal’s most notorious hooligan in the 1970s and a Pet Shop Boys roadie in the 1980s. Sign up to receive the best of Global Voices! Connell was born in 1961 in Brighton, England.

Liverpool in 1983. Due to his connections with the notorious Arsenal firm the Herd in the late 1970s and 1980s, Connell was arguably the most recognizable face on the Highbury terraces, before finding fame as the Pet Shop Boys’ gregarious security guard. But again, the crowd was great. Such was one particularly ominous Twitter response I received after putting out feelers on Dainton Connell, a.k.a.

His influence was huge in that respect.”, Once in North London, Connell turned up to a National Front gathering with some mates from the Herd, barged his way to the front, and carried a Union Jack flag on a march. Nationality: United Kingdom. 22 November 2007. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

he was such a nice man the people that just meet him the once really liked him and on friday everyone showed there respect . sent with love and remembrance. He was charming, polite, and funny—a cuddly bear. To be honest, I didn’t know anything about him before he ran out, so I was quite shocked to see him. To stay independent, free, and sustainable, our community needs the help of friends and readers like you.

His funeral was held at the Mary Magdalene Church in Holloway Road and was attended by 3,000 people. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. Many, including Connell, were the children of parents who’d arrived in the United Kingdom during the immediate postwar era. Dainton. D, I want to thank you for all the great times you gave me in my life over the 17 years at all the PSB shows. :O He will get more than that. For the next eighteen years, he assisted the duo on tours and appeared in music videos, including "So Hard" and "Jealousy".

But he gave little away about his controversial past as a football hooligan.

!From a member of the Arsenal Family in India. !What a great bloke and a terrible waste of life .RIP Dash - I'm gonna miss ya loads .Nicky xxxxxxxPS Sleep Tight, Also a big loss to Arsenal, well loved over there. Connell was born in Brighton in 1961 to parents who’d arrived from Jamaica.

And they helped him keep the NF off the terraces, too.

In 1977, he gained public attention after appearing in a television documentary presented by Janet Street-Porter about skinheads. Illustration by Diego Patino for Eight by Eight “Always a case of if you need to ask, you don’t need to know. While it's true that Dainton's premature death grants the recording an air of poignancy that it wouldn't otherwise have, it nevertheless also has a strange appeal that—especially after repeated listenings—makes it grow on you. Illustration by @scott_, Trent Alexander-Arnold: Liverpool’s Daydream Believer, New Balance Releases ‘Football’s Next Wave’ Documentary Series, The Best Football Documentaries to Watch Now, Introducing The New Issue of Eight by Eight. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. The list of Connell rumblings is almost endless. Connell mellowed as the 1980s came to a close. This gives us all some very small insight into your loss but to me your sense of grief is still unfathomable. According to a Time Out article by Chris Lightbown in 1972, Hoy had more convictions for football violence than any other hoolie in London. Yet there remains an insatiable lust for tales of terrace battles, and for the camaraderie and the thrill of the fight from that era.

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