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Marriner's book starts well before building momentum to become a compelling, convincing and comical account of his perceived injustice. In the convicted hooligan's view it should have been Donal MacIntyre in the dock, not him. When you reach the end, the reader will more than half suspect he's right. --Rick Lyons, Daily Star Sunday (Crime Correspondent)
Chelsea bad boy Jason Marriner tells how he was stitched up by the BBC - an eye-opening read. --Garry Bushell, Newspaper Columnist, Television Presenter and Author
It was a conspiracy all right, but Jason was the victim not the perpetrator. A fascinating insight into the lengths the authorities will go to to bring down someone they dislike. A lesson to us all. --Norman Parker, Author of 'Parkhurst Tales: Behind the Locked Gates of Britain's Toughest Jails'
An intriguing and fascinating look into the other side of 'so called' serious, undercover, investigative journalism from someone really and truly on the receiving end. Gripping stuff and if you don't question what you see and hear in the media after reading this, you are as gullible, naïve and as stupid as the 7 million or so TV viewers that accepted and believed everything Donal MacIntyre reported. --Robin Barratt, Bodyguards and Bouncers Magazine (Editor)
A brilliant book by Jason, this man doesn't bend or break for anyone. You are either with him or you are not. Jason Marriner s book is a winner. It s only a game! --Leighton Frayne, Author of 'The Frayne Bros'
Chelsea bad boy Jason Marriner tells how he was stitched up by the BBC - an eye-opening read. --Garry Bushell, Newspaper Columnist, Television Presenter and Author
It was a conspiracy all right, but Jason was the victim not the perpetrator. A fascinating insight into the lengths the authorities will go to to bring down someone they dislike. A lesson to us all. --Norman Parker, Author of 'Parkhurst Tales: Behind the Locked Gates of Britain's Toughest Jails'
An intriguing and fascinating look into the other side of 'so called' serious, undercover, investigative journalism from someone really and truly on the receiving end. Gripping stuff and if you don't question what you see and hear in the media after reading this, you are as gullible, naïve and as stupid as the 7 million or so TV viewers that accepted and believed everything Donal MacIntyre reported. --Robin Barratt, Bodyguards and Bouncers Magazine (Editor)
A brilliant book by Jason, this man doesn't bend or break for anyone. You are either with him or you are not. Jason Marriner s book is a winner. It s only a game! --Leighton Frayne, Author of 'The Frayne Bros'
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Optical illusions are the stuff of magic - harmless entertainment conjured up to both enthral and amaze, aren t they? Well, maybe not, as it s not quite so amusing if the stunt takes the form of an episode of the BBC s groundbreaking documentary series MacIntyre Undercover on organised football hooliganism, the wizardry is conducted by unscrupulous investigative journalists posing as big-time drug dealers, and as a result the unwitting participant in the trick, avid Chelsea supporter Jason Marriner, is charged with conspiracy to commit violent disorder and affray, together with his friend Andy Frain, and Jason ends up with a six-year jail sentence for a crime he didn t commit. This is Jason s chance to put the record straight, present the facts from his own perspective and challenge the reader, who may well have been one of the 7.4 million documentary viewers, to decide whether the programme actually revealed the ugly face of football violence , or indeed showed him plotting or committing any violence whatsoever, or whether the original 344 hours worth of footage, secretly filmed over a period of 18 months, were distorted beyond recognition by cutting, editing and stitching together clips from the original sequences to achieve the programme s aim at any cost. Jason would be the first to admit that in the past he had been a nuisance on the terraces, but this was the late 1990s and, with a wife, children and his own business, he had done a lot of growing up and moving on. Fortunately, he had also developed the strength of character needed to survive in prison with humour, dignity and determination, and he shares his insights of life behind bars as he tried to work with the system, despite the knock-backs, in order to make it work for him in return. Good will always follow bad is Jason s admirable philosophy about his experiences, but this shocking real-life story serves as a warning to all: this could so easily happen to you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
chelsea,
This review is from: Life as a Chelsea Headhunter: It's Only a Game (Hardcover)
Being a chelsea fan this is a great read, very entertaining and kept me going which is not easy. This is a mi=ust read for any Blues fan.
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Eye Opener,
By Joel (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life as a Chelsea Headhunter: It's Only a Game (Hardcover)
For anyone who has seen the "Macintyre Undercover" documentary, this book is essential reading into how the hour long program was cut and pasted from over 300 hours of footage to incriminate Jason and his associate Andy Frain, and ultimately resulted in six and seven year prison terms for the two of them. Jason goes into every last detail about the fit up, and gives an open, honest and off the cuff account of how he and Andy may not have been angels, but certainly were not the public enemies they were made out to be. Quite funny in places, and jaw dropping in others, particularly as you read court transcripts of Donal Macintyre under cross examination, and leaves you wondering just what's gone wrong with the British legal system.
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rubbish,
This review is from: Life as a Chelsea Headhunter: It's Only a Game (Hardcover)
bought this book and have to say what a complete waste of money ,jason might talk a good game but at the end of the is a scumbag with biggoted views
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