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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Wandering through HMV's book section, I was confronted by the usual plethora of the popular genre "Terrace trauma, Headstompers United" etc, fronted by the obligatory killer in a suitably gritty urban setting, when I noticed "Perry Boys" by Ian Hough. Flicking through, my mind raced back to a winters night in 1982, several of us drinking in a pub long since closed down, a pub where in later years my Mother-in-law would be robbed of her wedding ring at gunpoint. My memory clears further to reveal one of the lad's collapsing in the bitter night, vomiting profusely into his jumbo cords. Even with our limited first aid experience we could see it was ambulance time, a kind soul allowing us to use their house phone. As the ambulance arrived the two operatives (no green suited paramedics then) got to work immediately. Suddely one of the ambulance men starts screaming at me "how did he get like this?", the scene was turning distinctly ugly. Then I noticed the ambulance man's name tag...Frank Hough.
That was a hell of an unorthodox way of getting your dad to pick you up after the pub Ian. As the back cover illustrates, Hough certainly was one of the originals. I bought the book & read it in two evenings, such memories...indeed, where have all the good times gone?. I found myself putting on Dobie Gray's "The in crowd" at full volume, wheeling around in stockinged feet on my MFI laminate floor. My daughter ended up spannering me out of 1982 by saying "Mummy, why is Daddy crying?".....if your between 40 & 43 buy it, you'll cry too.........
That was a hell of an unorthodox way of getting your dad to pick you up after the pub Ian. As the back cover illustrates, Hough certainly was one of the originals. I bought the book & read it in two evenings, such memories...indeed, where have all the good times gone?. I found myself putting on Dobie Gray's "The in crowd" at full volume, wheeling around in stockinged feet on my MFI laminate floor. My daughter ended up spannering me out of 1982 by saying "Mummy, why is Daddy crying?".....if your between 40 & 43 buy it, you'll cry too.........
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I was a young man living in Salford and Manchester during the years covered in this book, and I can attest to the violence and fearsome reputation of the Perry Boys - if you wanted to end your night with your face stanley'd half off, they were the lads to pick a fight with.
This is an astonishing book, part hooligan memoire, part autobiography, part fashion history. Given that I came to loathe the Perry Boys and Casuals, I should have hated this book, but it is so excitingly and engagingly written, so free from cliche, and the author so wide-ranging in his references, in a style I can only describe as like Lester Bangs at his best, that I enjoyed it so much I read it through in a single sitting.
Excellent.
This is an astonishing book, part hooligan memoire, part autobiography, part fashion history. Given that I came to loathe the Perry Boys and Casuals, I should have hated this book, but it is so excitingly and engagingly written, so free from cliche, and the author so wide-ranging in his references, in a style I can only describe as like Lester Bangs at his best, that I enjoyed it so much I read it through in a single sitting.
Excellent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I bought this book bevande I wanted to know more about the casual movement in UK in relation to football, and my curiosity has been well satisfied.
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A Curious Read
Finding this in the 'Local' section of Waterstones, I was immediately drawn to it. I really enjoyed it and the book exudes Hough's enthusiasm for his subject. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Southpawmojo
Lois, Flickers and Man. Utd
This is a fantastic book, more of a social history of a particular place and time than just another hooligan book or a middle class "footy" thesis. Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by pureunited
buy it read it love it!!!
i bought and read perry boys and perry boys abroad. Incredibly, the second book is even better than the first! Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by S. Bleasdale
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...
But not as dangerous as none at all. A woeful book that proves the point; when going on holiday, take a decent book with you rather than pick up any old rubbish from Smiths. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009 by Jonathan Farmer
so, so much more
Having taken an interest in books of this genre and accumulating a whole cupboard full of them, endlessly trying to find the one which recaptured my youth of those fantastic days... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2008 by scottish lad
In off the red that's four points in snooker !
Some might say that the Confessions of a Football Hooligan book is a hackneyed genre, and until I read Perry Boys by Ian Hough I was inclined to agree. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2008 by D. J. J. Lavin
So much in one sleeve
Houghy.. Goosebumps, page 30 John clucas..& the smile on Hazels face. Thankyou.
3 hours & a bottle of wine with my head in your book, imagesin my head of so many memories... Read more
3 hours & a bottle of wine with my head in your book, imagesin my head of so many memories... Read more
Published on 14 July 2007 by jaine bergin
the good old days remembered
excellent read! couldn't put it down,laughing my chops off remembering the good old days and what we got up too,all the lads & lassies with smiles upon their faces,well done... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2007 by spidey
The Best, and by such a long way
Just finished this and must say I recommend it totally. The best of its kind by far, and if you are interested in the very beginning of the casual movement you have to read this... Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2007 by Bob Monkhouse
Eagerly awaited... hugely disappointing
Sadly old news with a new cover. The author is an excellent writer yet falls into the trap so many do, telling 3rd hand tales from yesteryear which we have all heard before. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2007 by David Alun
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