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Meet the men
who, for decades, have ruled the football terraces. They are the faces
behind the biggest firms in football history; behind the rucks, the
rules and the respect. They have caused chaos for the public and the
press and struck fear into rival fans that have crossed their path.
In this ground-breaking
book, the men behind the mobs have joined forces to reveal their experiences
as key figures in the most notorious terrace fights. In a unique and
groundbreaking collaboration, Cass Pennant, prominent face from West
Ham's I.C.F. and Chelsea Head Hunter main man Martin King - once sworn
rivals - have buried the differences between their own firms to produce
the definitive book on terrace culture. There are no voices more authoritative
on the subject than these two best-selling authors.
Never before
has such a wide-ranging book on this phenomenon appeared because never
before have the men of violence been prepared to co-operate. From the
bovver boys of the sixties and seventies to the football casuals of
the eighties, the names central to the biggest firms have all been tracked
down and interviewed, the names that were to become the stuff that terrace
legends were made of.
Every man within these
pages has a unique story to tell. Some were fighting legends; others
weren't fighters, but their immense characters made them instantly recognisible
to the supporters. They come from all walks of life and include builders,
bank managers, van drivers and solicitors, to name a few.
This book may shock, but
it will certainly go down in history as a seminal piece of writing on
terrace violence and hooliganism. At last, the characters that were
in the thick of the action tell their own stories.
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