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Synopsis
London is home to some of British football's most notorious hooligans. This book explains how these groups have gained and maintained their reputations, why hooligans see a trip to London as a challenge, and how the system of public transport opens up opportunities for those who wish to fight.

About the Author
Born in 1959, Dougie Brimson is a former football hooligan who spent 18 years in the RAF. He is the co-author of four non-fiction books on hooliganism with his brother Eddy, and two on his own. He has written three novels for Headline, including THE CREW, which is being developed into a film.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   5 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Shoddy, 6 Dec 2000 By  jamesdaly@hotmail.com (Slough, England) - See all my reviews ...Very dissapointing. Most of the stuff in it is made up and the style of writing is atrocious. There are much better books of this genre and I would recommend Steaming In by Colin Ward and Hoolifan by Martin King. For fiction, I would recommend anything by John King especially, if like me, you are a genuine Chelsea fan and can remember watching from the terraces, the likes of Joey Jones, Doug Rougvie, David Speedie, Pat Nevin etc and not one of these recent glory hunters that have been jumping on the bandwagon the past few years and turning Chelsea into a joke team like Man U.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Interesting Anecdotes Buried Amidst Shaky Writing, 29 April 1999 By A Customer This is the third book about football mayhem by these self-described ex-hooligans, and its ostensible framework is the city of London. While their aim of attempting to explain the attraction and nuts-and-bolts of hooliganism is laudable, the execution is a bit shaky. The book unfolds team by team, sometmes focusing on specific well-known "firms", but often wanders out of the confines of London. The most interesting reading comes in the reprinted accounts of various "action" by past and present hooligans. Of course, how much of this are real or manufactured is hard to tell. For a more interesting fictional insight into this area, try "The Football Factory" by John King or for an academic examination, see "Football Hooligans: Knowing the Score" by Gary Armstrong.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: not for the feint hearted, 18 Mar 1999 By A Customer fascinating insight into the hooligan 'firms' of London, detailing rivalries, tactics and first hand accounts of notorious incidents. the authors are both self confessed former hooligans who, whilst never avoiding the facts in sometimes graphic detail, never seek to glorify football violence and in fact put forward their proposals to solve the problem. rivetting reading as are their previous books on this subject.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 5 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews very powerful reading. A superb examination of the hooligan problem in the capital written in an informative and very easy to read style. Read more Published on 9 Jan 2001 League table of London hooliganism The best of the series of hoolganism books written by the Brimson brothers. They all make for interesting reading even if the stories in them are inevitably limited to those who... Read more Published on 21 Jul 1999 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 5 customer reviews...