- Hardcover: 253 pages
- Publisher: Blake Publishing (15 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903402174
- ISBN-13: 978-1903402177
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 823,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An adrenalin-packed look at the heady days of the 1970s. Chris Brown was in the front line of the wave of soccer violence that typified the sport in those days. His life was dominated by those violent Saturday outings, and by the pop music of the day. This book tells of his memories of the time.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Before the fences and police intelligence there were the 'bovver' boys who ruled the football league grounds of England. A passionate, humorous account of a working class teenager in the turbulent 70's. Football, fashion, sex, alcohol, music and violence, what more can a young man want? There are some fantastically funny annecdotes - how can anyone accidentally steal a police car?? An excellent read from page 1 to the end. Go get it now and find out that there was more to the 70's than ABBA and disco.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this is the best book i have ever read . its an honest account of the early bristol scene . this was what happen in bristol before all the local bands hit the big time .as a member a one of those bands all the music and fashion that get mention in this book had a big part to play in what would later become known as the bristol sound .i was at a few of the places he mentions in the book .the slits roadie he mention was their manager DON LETTS. i was also at some of the football fights he mentions.as i said before this is an honest account of my youth . many thanks chris. R MIGHTY
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first of many hooligan books i read.Set in bristol going from the sixties onwards it tells a great story of one character and his music,fashion and football terraces activity got to be the one of the best hooligan books ever.
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Extraordinary everday lives in 1970s Britain
Chris Brown provides a unique account of the adrenalin rush culture of following a football club home and away in the 1970s. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2005 by "peterwebb6"
Extraordinary everday life and culture in 1970s Britain
Chris Brown provides a fantastic social and cultural history of Bristol and the UK in the 70s. What runs through this book is a well thought out account of not just the appeal and... Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2005 by "peterwebb6"
The definitive hooligan book
Chris Brown manages the rare feat of combining the true story about football hooliganism with the culture of the time, never condoning what went on at the time, nor seeking... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2005 by R. Johansen
Bovver - by Mick Brown
This bloke is living proof that, if left with a typewriter long enough, a chimp can write a novel. What's more this chimp wears monkey boots. Read more
Published on 26 July 2005
Turns fact into fiction?
Basically the book runs with 2 main themes, football in the 70s with the associated violence and music in the 70s especially soul. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2001
It really was like this. I know 'cos I was there.
Chris' book is easy to read and "tells it like it was". Unfortunately, violence was a part of football culture at the time. Read more
Published on 12 July 2001
More than just football, friendship, drinking and violence
I didn't mean to read this book. After all, I'm a die hard (but middle aged and family man) Bristol City fan who was the very opposite of Chris Brown and his blue and white... Read more
Published on 2 July 2001
Memories are made of this !
Reading the cover I realised that the author was from my home town, born in the same year as me and had similar interests. Read more
Published on 8 May 2001
More than just a bit of Bovver.
There is more to this book than the front cover would suggest. Whilst the main theme is concerned with football and the associated violence that surrounded it during the 1970's,... Read more
Published on 28 April 2001
More than meets the eye.
Despite the title, this is a book which does not seek to glorify the violence that was endemic in the 1970's but neither does it shy away from describing the reality of what was... Read more
Published on 8 April 2001
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