random - 8-21-2009 at 03:20 PM
was writing this earlier and firefox crashed, so here's the short version.
saw some books at the london airport today that you might be into.
dougie brimson - barmy army and something else
chris brown - Bovver: My Journey Through Football, Music, Fashion and Violence
gavin - 8-21-2009 at 03:42 PM
ahh nice
ive fallen a bit out of the loop with these books.
if my memory serves me right, which it may not, the brimson brothers were called out as being full of shit.
apparently legit hooligan dudes claim that they were never involved with any of the things they claim to and really are just telling second hand
stories with claims asa their own.
random - 8-21-2009 at 03:55 PM
the chris brown book seemed better, but i know nothing about any of it aside from seeing them all on display.
It's the 1970s. The hair is shaved, the music is funky, and the soccer is violent. Every Saturday, legions of soccer fans take to the terraces to do
battle with each other. Chris Brown was in the thick of it. The regulation haircut, clip-on braces, shrunk Levis, and bovver boots—he had the look
that every self-respecting bovver boy tried for, and he launched himself into the culture of the decade with a passion. This is a story of those
times. It is a story of the adrenaline-packed Saturday outings, a story of Tonik suits, terraces and The Maytals, of race riots, safety pins, and The
Clash by way of P.Funk, platform shoes, and discos. This is a true story of the most maligned decade in British history.
not that i've read it, but there's also this one by chubby chris of combat 84 fame about him and the chelsea headhunters:
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Wants-Colin-Ward/dp/184018325X/ref...
gavin - 8-21-2009 at 06:16 PM
oh i'd like to read the chubby chris book for sure
Discipline - 8-21-2009 at 06:28 PM
I've never checked out any hooligan books, but I think I may have to start.