- Hardcover: 270 pages
- Publisher: Head-Hunter Books (8 Nov 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906085056
- ISBN-13: 978-1906085056
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 531,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Here, in graphic detail, the Swansea Jacks recount the history of their times following the Welsh club. Cardiff City and their infamous Soul Crew have been arch-rivals of the Swansea Jacks for over four decades. Tooze and King chart the rise of the Swansea firm, from the Skinhead movement in the late 60s until today's present fashion-conscious casuals. They write not just about the hooligan scene, but also about the politics involved in following a lower league team, the music and the drugs scene.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Well known fact the jacks have never had a tidy firm, bit of a joke really if you like chasing kids into the sea. Nowhere near as good as Browner's Bristol Rovers book, the 6:57 musings or the first Soul crew one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
...very poor account of off-field activities at the vetch and away from south wales...like a lot of other books of this type,much exaggaration going on,especially with their battles with their near neighbours cardiff...having travelled to both places on several occasions,i must say that ninian park was/is a much dodgier place to go to than the vetch/liberty ever was...one day there might be a decent book written about the exploits of either the soul crew/jacks...to date it still hasn't happened...you'll find this book in the fiction section of your local bookshop,alongside all the west ham/chelsea books...one to avoid...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The structure of the book was okay but I found it to be the usual "8 of us stood against a massive mob" blah blah blah
Days out at Southend and Mansfield whoppee do
Days out at Southend and Mansfield whoppee do
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Shocking
Written by steroid abusing lower league bullies that never mixed it with the big boys. Full of fiction from front to back. What a waste paper
Published on 21 July 2009 by James Lewis
Swansea Jacks a game firm
A Good book with loads of good long/short stories,plenty of old school pictures of the Swansea Jacks in the 70's,80's,90's,00's doing it home,away and "abroad" as it happened and... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2009 by Saints_Lad
Total Lies
The design of the book is excellent the contents from begining to end is Lies,WHY DID YOU NEED TO IT JUST MAKES You all look pathetic
Published on 19 Oct 2008 by Mr. A. Abraham
A very poor book
I was given this book as a joke but decided to give it a read despite not being that interested in the 'alternative' football culture. Read more
Published on 20 July 2008 by Rich
Toozey or Lee?? You decide
Well written and honestly told, but I would say the majority of the content comes from Lee. If I remember correctly Toozey only wrote the 1st couple of chapters, few of the other... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2008 by Swansea till I die
Its good fair dues
It is good fair dues tells some of what we need to know I have heard other stories to that were not even mentioned in this book (tranmere rovers) It has a funny photo insied it of... Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2008 by fit laddd
The book should be renamed Jackanory
Having read the book, the one thing that comes across is that Tooze and his firm seem to believe that Swansea are in the top league when it comes to football violence. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2008 by Fairwater Youth
A good read, but should be a work of fiction
If you knew nothing of the conflict between Cradiff and Swansea over the years you would think this is a good read. Its got a lot of photographs and news cuttings inside it. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2008 by J. Smith
A truthful look at youth culture.
It is very easy to dismiss the authors as scum as one reviewer has, I say reviewer but I find it hard to see how she can review a book that she hasn't actually read, I'm afraid she... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2008 by Mythbuster
Brutal & Refreshingly Honest
Have read dozens of these footie hooligan books and this is by far the closest to how it really is. Every other book on this subject explains how the author and his firm go and... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2008 by E. Elsbury
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