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Football Hooligans UK ed. Edition
Author(s): Colin Cawthorne (Author), Nigel Cawthorne (Author)
- Publisher: Constable & Robinson
- Publication Date: 20 Sept. 2012
- Edition: UK ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1849013713
- ISBN-13: 9781849013710
Book Description
First-hand accounts of football violence, from infamous Millwall to Man U. Once dubbed ‘the English disease’, British match-day thuggery has spread right across Europe and beyond. Here is the inside story of that phenomenon from those that were there, taking part in the mayhem. ‘Yob Laureate’ Dougie Brimson and his brother Eddy offer a compelling description of match-day madness; Colin Ward goes steaming in, while other pieces detail the irresistible aggro of the local Derby, the tragedy inside Heysel Stadium and the violence surrounding England’s 1998 World Cup match against Tunisia. Finally, Dougie Brimson asks if the police are not just another ‘firm’, simply participants in the violence.
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
130 years of trouble on the world’s football terraces
About the Author
Nigel Cawthorne is the author of a number of successful true crime and popular history books. His writing has appeared in over 150 newspapers, magazines and partworks – from the Sun to the Financial Times, and from Flatbush Life to The New York Tribune. He lives in London.
