Top Boys
This explosive book is the eagerly awaited follow up to Terrace Legends, the groundbreaking bestseller that built bridges between Cass Pennant and Martin King, who came together in a no-holds-barred book about experiences on the terraces. The result was a hard-hitting, unflinchingly honest testament to life with some of the biggest firms in football history from faces who had been there and had it with the best of them.
This sequel packs an ever harder punch, bringing together the frontline faces, the top boys who ran the legendary firms from all over the country. From genuine hard men who have literally fought for their clubs to other more extrovert football fans who have gone to great lengths to support their side, the cross-section of well known faces is very broad, and all of them are prepared to give honest answers to the sort of questions even a plain-clothes football intelligence officer wouldn't dare to ask.
There's hard men from the capital - West Ham, Tottenham and Arsenal. From the Midlands there are arch rivals Aston Villa and Birmingham, and Liverpool and Manchester United in the North. The cast of characters is completed with extraordinary interviews from Aberdeen, across Europe, and all the way to Moscow.
Little is left to the imagination in these accounts. The legendary fights, the extreme violence are all told with frankness and honesty that may well shock. But there is also a good deal of humour and good nature in these recollections, as Top Boys sets out to tell it as it was and to dispel the myths about hooliganism that have grown around this unique era in football.
This sequel packs an ever harder punch, bringing together the frontline faces, the top boys who ran the legendary firms from all over the country. From genuine hard men who have literally fought for their clubs to other more extrovert football fans who have gone to great lengths to support their side, the cross-section of well known faces is very broad, and all of them are prepared to give honest answers to the sort of questions even a plain-clothes football intelligence officer wouldn't dare to ask.
There's hard men from the capital - West Ham, Tottenham and Arsenal. From the Midlands there are arch rivals Aston Villa and Birmingham, and Liverpool and Manchester United in the North. The cast of characters is completed with extraordinary interviews from Aberdeen, across Europe, and all the way to Moscow.
Little is left to the imagination in these accounts. The legendary fights, the extreme violence are all told with frankness and honesty that may well shock. But there is also a good deal of humour and good nature in these recollections, as Top Boys sets out to tell it as it was and to dispel the myths about hooliganism that have grown around this unique era in football.
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