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3.0 out of 5 stars
Worth because of the Tunisia vs. England conflict, 15 Feb 2006
This book is not the best involving England fans. It lacks passion, even on the greater moment, Argentina vs. England, which I consider one of the best matches that I ever seen. I can understand the guy was so tense and wrote his honest view of the match, but he could exploit more the atmosphere of that unique game.Sometimes in the book the guy seems more than a yuppie with a hobby than a football fan, his feet stuck into the bourgeoisie , so I missed the proletarian style of hooligan books. But there are good points too. Some words of every single WC match he watched and the book seems very honest, is a guy telling things he really saw, not trying to make a best-seller. Also, I like the intelligent way he analizes the loyalty of fans on small clubs agains the "football consumers" of the big ones who may desert as soon the teams go shite. But again, he looks much more like a football conoisseur who studies sociologically the game than a ordinary passionated supporter. The description of the conflict in Marseille beaches between Tunisians and English is a gem and the best chapter of the book, a shame that it´s in the very early stages of reading, so the rest of it looks like an anti-climax. Recently ordered "Eurotrashed" from the same author and didn´t read yet, but, to be honest, I expected more from "Tear Gas".
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by Eddy Brimson
