That grass bank.....mental....
yes that muddy bank then they sent the horses in
If you’ve not read among the thugs by bill buford then I’d highly recommend it
Is he??? Always comes across as a massive Neanderthal bell end to me. Any bloke his age bragging about being a hooligan needs to get a life
Think that was one of the very first books on football hooliganism, I remember reading it when it came out in 1992 and really enjoyed it. Not sure how well it has aged, but still have it so will have a look at it again. I remember undercover hooliganism reporting was very popular in the 1990s with books and TV programmes like Donal MacIntyre Investigates.
Was President Kennedy there??
I have to say, I have never found anything remotely funny about hooliganism.
It’s the past time of a moron in my humble opinion.
Haha i agree. I saw him pre match a few years back v Blues drinking in the Britannia, no idea how he got away with it, being banned from town on matchdays etc, although his banning order may have ended before being reinstated for another x years.
I saw him getting nicked last season, was just about to walk into the spoons when the police spotted him. I was outside having a cigarette, he was on his best behaviour until some “faces” walked up the road so he starting playing the police up, this is a bloke well into his 50s. Absolute moron
Yeah his latest banning order ended 2021 i think, you think he’d learn.
People like that don’t learn. They just go from young bell ends into old bell ends.
Last time I saw him was in Walsall prior to a friendly with them when he was walking around trying to pick fights with some kids
Sounds like a "charming" individual.....
I’ve got that but don’t think I’ve ever actually read it. Will do so
That guy was Andy Frain. McIntyre uncovered show. He lived in Reading and a lot of it was shot there undercover. Was a bit eerie when you see it on your doorstep
Skinner at his finest
Miracle of Castel Di Sangro is absolutely brilliant. Another of my favourite ever books overall, not just football books. Think I read it around the same time as the Tim Parks book.
I've seen the fat lad at Ipswich, Watford and Forest away a few years back (6 I think) always surrounded by a bunch of saft lads in their teens and 20s, trying to 'organise' them: he's still involved but on the periphery.
Heard he’s been quite poorly recently.
Bet he ran faster as a hooligan than he did as a player . Players under Doherty were crap at best . .
Had a big cancer scare a couple of years ago ...
Yeah, it was a night game, me and a mate were walking down the slope off the ring road towards the North Bank.
I remember I saw it in the 80's(?), Shadwell hoolie group called the Kennel?
I agree. I am the same age as you. I would add however that while it was perfectly possible to avoid trouble in that era you didn't particularly have to be a trouble maker to find it. Or it to find you rather.
Is it quite old? Is it available on any streaming platform?
