Legends of the Firm
Published on 10. August 2017
261 pages
978-1-78606-833-0 (ISBN)
Description
MEET THE MEN WHO RULED THE FOOTBALL TERRACES. THEY CAUSED CHAOS AND STRUCK FEAR INTO ANY RIVAL FAN WHO CROSSED THEIR PATH.
THE MOST TERRIFYING AND FRIGHTENING BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT SOCCER VIOLENCE - The Independent
In this groundbreaking book, the men behind the mobs come together to reveal their experiences as key figures in the most notorious terrace fights. Bestselling writers Cass Pennant, from West Ham's InterCity Firm (ICF) and Chelsea Head Hunter main man Martin King have joined forces to produce the definitive book on terrace culture. 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 of which terrace legends are made.Cass Pennant is the bestselling author of Want Some Aggro?; Rolling with the 6.57 Crew; Congratulations, You Have Just Met the ICF and his hugely successful autobiography, Cass. Martin King, left, is the highly acclaimed author of Hoolifan and its bestselling followup The Naughty Nineties. He has also written A Boy's Story; On the Cobbles: The Life of a Bare-Knuckle Gypsy Warrior, The Estate; The South Downs Way; Ossie: King of Stamford Bridge and Grass: The Phil Sparrowhawk Story.
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Persons
CASS PENNANT is a writer and film producer based in London. He has written nine football fan-related books, five of which have been UK Top Ten bestsellers, making him one of Britain's most successful black Afro-Caribbean authors. He wrote and co-authored Cass; Congratulations, You Have Just Met The I.C.F; Want Some AGGRO?; Rolling With The 657 Crew; Good Afternoon Gentlemen, The Name is Bill Gardner; Terrace Legends (later re-released as Legends of the Firm); Top Boys; 30 Years of Hurt and One-Eyed Baz. His autobiography, Cass, was adapted into the British cult film of the same name in 2008, directed by Jon S. Baird.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- BILL GARDNER West Ham United
- FRANK HARPER Millwall
- STEVE, 'HICKEY' HICKMOTT Chelsea
- ANDY NICHOLLS Everton
- STEVE COWENS Sheffield United
- JERREL Feyenoord
- DANNY Feyenoord
- DIRK Fortuna Dusseldorf
- MARK 'JASPER' CHESTER Stoke City
- RICHARD GREY Derby County
- GILROY 'GILLY' SHAW Wolverhampton Wanderers
- JOHN WESTWOOD Portsmouth
- TREVOR 'T' TANNER Tottenham Hotspur
- ANGUS NUTT Bristol City
- ANDY 'THE BEAR' PHILLIPS Bristol Rovers
- MAC Cardiff City
- NEIL Wrexham
- MR B Barnsley
- LEE 'OATHEAD' OWENS Middlesbrough
- DAVID 'SKEENY' SKEEN Nottingham Forest
- GARY JOHNSON Wolverhampton Wanderers
- STEVE 'WING NUT' LYONS Charlton Athletic
- GINGER HOWARD Portsmouth
- TERRY 'TESS' MANN Newcastle United
- FRANK WHEATLEY Sunderland A.F.C.
- ALAN 'MONTY' MONTGOMERY Newcastle United
- GARY 'SUNDERLAND A.F.C.' LAMB Sunderland AFC
- PAT 'FAT PAT' DOLAN Chelsea
- IRVINE WELSH Hibernian
- Conclusion
- Copyright
