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Fuelled by industrial quantities of lager and cocaine, and enough Class B drugs to open a medium-sized pharmacy, the Bolton Cuckoo Boys cut a swathe through the hooligan world, and in the process became one of the country's most formidable mobs. In this frank and fascinating book Doug Mitchell, a member for three decades, tells how warring gangs from Bolton's sprawling estates (such as the Tonge Moor Stanley Boys, the Horwich Casuals and the Billy Whiz Fan Club) came together to fight for the honour of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. And what a story it is. The book is packed with gratuitous violence, laugh-out-loud anecdotes, drunken debauchery and an utter contempt for traditional enemies like Man U and the Scousers. The Cuckoo Boys also found the time to put Lancashire rivals in their place, with firms from Blackburn, Wigan, Blackpool, Preston and Oldham taking a hell of a beating any time they stuck their heads above the parapet. But they were also keen to take their brand of violence to other parts of England, flaring it off with legendary mobs from Millwall, Middlesbrough, Stoke, Bristol City and Chelsea, among many others. Mitchell is far from a one-man band and he includes contributions from a range of Cuckoo Boys and from the next generation of hooligans in the Bolton Youth. There is total mayhem as the firm follows BWFC into Europe, not least in Spain, where it goes off big time with the police, or in France where they get a less than cordial welcome from Marseille's North African population. Sometimes outrageous, frequently offensive, often hilarious . . . but always compelling.
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Doug Mitchell has been a member of the feared Cuckoo Boys since the 1970s.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book must have been a lot easier to write than it was to read. A poorly written offering without a trace of anything new in it.
'We were first to wear...(insert over-priced brand name here)'
'They may have had the numbers, but we never ran from (insert club's name here)'
'They would attack scarfers, we never did.'
It is the same old hooligan nonsense that has been served-up for the last 15-20 years. There's nothing original in it, the 'writer' has a shaky grasp on words of more than one syllable and the cowardly defence of associations with racists is as pathetic as it is predictable.
'We were first to wear...(insert over-priced brand name here)'
'They may have had the numbers, but we never ran from (insert club's name here)'
'They would attack scarfers, we never did.'
It is the same old hooligan nonsense that has been served-up for the last 15-20 years. There's nothing original in it, the 'writer' has a shaky grasp on words of more than one syllable and the cowardly defence of associations with racists is as pathetic as it is predictable.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Who? never heard of him ran with bolton throughout the 70s . 80s and early 90s, the nameplaces alone in Bolton are wrong the name of mobs and lads is poor . I think a lot of this is what he heard in the pub. Rubbish
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bought this book with no preconception and was pleasantly surprised lot better than a lot of the other books of this type that are out there. Obviously will be more interest to bwfc supporters who will be familiar to areas of the town mentioned in the book and the particular games but should not put other people off from reading it if this is you're sort of thing . The one other thing that I can add is that it seems to be written quiet honestly can't vouch for everything in here but a couple of the games and incidents mentioned from the earlier years I did see and it's roughly how i remember them . Book could of been a bit longer but that's probably because I was enjoying reading it .
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brings back memories
i have seen quite a few films about football hooligans but never read any books on the subject. As a life long Bolton fan this book brings back a lot of memories from the 70's &... Read more
Published 6 months ago by IanC
Not for the faint hearted BRILLIANT
I picked this book up the moment it popped through my letter box and couldn't put it down. Douggie and his friends, who contributed into the making of this book had my heart racing... Read more
Published 7 months ago by atacamabilly
Enough is enough....
Surely the end of 'hooligan' books now.....id say there isnt anymore that can be said......
Ive given the Bolton book 2 stars as there are one or two good chapters in... Read more
Ive given the Bolton book 2 stars as there are one or two good chapters in... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andy
small town mob lost in the 80s
This book is poor with its constant refrences to munich and scousers as bin dippin slashers,This book is shows this mob as what they are, Ten years behind the real firms
Published 8 months ago by peter efc
Something different and a not a bad read
I don't know these lads and I was interested in reading about the local derby battles in Lancashire, the book was a good read, with plenty of humour with it. Yes worth buying. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. A. Abraham
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