I can't say it's bad, but the banality of it wears on you.

Firm members – and the firm itself – are sometimes known as the Men in Black, due to the members dressing in all black clothing. Please try again. 'The most explosive book about soccer violence ever!' I guess this book should get a but more praise because it is one of the earlier 'hooligan' books but the simple fact of the matter is if you have read one you have read them all. I take it you don't approve of the EDL?No, I don't like them. The red army is a hooligan firm who follow english football club manchester united. ".

If you look at Chelsea as an area, it's very rich and conservative, and if you've got a lot of things to conserve, you tend to be protective against the idea that you might have to share them with another group of people. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Please try again. So, to sum up, what's your message to people who think that all football hooligans are right-wing?Don't believe everything that you read in the papers. With all this in mind, it isn't surprising that, when I first heard of the NF, they were gaining support. If you look at Chelsea as an area, it's very rich and conservative, and if you've got a lot of things to conserve, you tend to be protective against the idea that you might have to share them with another group of people. Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2012. A decade later, a 15-year-old boy, Ian Hambridge, died at Birmingham City's St Andrew's ground when a 12ft wall collapsed on him during riotous fighting between Leeds and Birmingham hooligans.

Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The elite and the government try to belittle and deride hooligans so much, but they've taken so much from us that our fists are the only things we've got left that give us power. Given that you're clearly opposed to racism, what are your opinions on the media conflation of hooliganism and right-wing politics?It creates an image of hooligans as being dim-witted idiots in bovver boots, but really, in the firms, there's a democracy that doesn't exist in other places in society.

Sports Team. Members of the Guvnors waiting for rivals in the 80s. I'd say that a high percentage of the right-wing ends up at the football, but I wouldn't say that the majority of football fans are right-wing by any means. Here's a good analogy; when I was a kid, I used to sleep rough from time to time, because my step-mam was emotionally abusive and neglectful towards me at home. Two things struck me when I read about all those Chelsea fans being horrendous dickheads in Paris a couple of weeks ago.

I caught up with him recently to find out his views on the media merging of right-wing politics and football firm affiliation. I guess the same thing is happening on a national scale, with Chelsea fulfilling the role of the bloke from the posh flats. It reads as a catalog of brawls. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.

By the time I was emerging onto the hooligan scene, the NF had a grip on City, and would stand outside our ground, handing leaflets out. I had a lot of black friends from Moss Side, and the skinheads caused trouble for the residents there, stoked up by the NF, so we decided to turn those idiots away, because that's what we regarded the National Front as being: a bunch of idiots.

Some of the much older lads that I knew from the football would also regularly talk badly about blacks, which I didn't like, because I knew a few black lads who also went to the matches. Create New Account. I guess this book should get a but more praise because it is one of the earlier 'hooligan' books but the simple fact of the matter is if you have read one you have read them all. That's why right-wing supporters tend to be from richer places.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2016, Excellent read although of its time (just like me) however u can relate to the author & his path in life, not just a book revelling in violence but one that makes plain the camaraderie of the group, the consequences of such behaviour, and what could be lost, have no doubts of the authenticity of the authors involvement and authenticity of the content which is written clearly and concisely without being boastful or exaggerating his own role - you will struggle to put this down, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2019, Did exactly what it said on the tin,but maybe as the book is 20 years old, just reads as dated and tedious, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2013.

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