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Scally (Hardcover)

by Andy Nicholls (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Milo Books (1 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903854113
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903854112
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 234,274 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Full of high profile tear-ups with most of the major UK firms.' (Loaded Magazine) --LOADED --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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'Remarkably candid.' (Penthouse Magazine) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A very good read!!., 10 Dec 2002
By samdoddsred (Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I've got to be honest and say along with Soul Crew this is an excellent read from start to finish. I maybe biased in the fact it's about a local club and although I don't actually support Everton it made the read even more interesting. Andy Nicholls has paid a heavy price for telling his frank account and incidents that have occured on his travels of following Everton, he has since been banned by Everton Football Club and Merseyside police are checking every detail within the book to see if any action can be taken as he has been too honest and maybe left himself open to further police action such is the content within the book!.
Stories I had heard locally in the past regarding Everton and supporters travels were regarded as 'fairy tales', Nicholls blows away this myth and provides a murky insight into an element of Everton's support that were intent on causing havoc around the country over two decades and as recently as August this year with a pre season riot in Belgium.
It explains in graphic detail of battles with other supporters and a rivalry with Middlesbrough that lasts to the present day. He touches on the England scene and how Scousers are disliked by most fans in the country and the divisions within the England scene. The Merseyside/Manchester hatred is covered in depth and his dislike of Liverpool FC, although his account of Heysel (Of which he was present himself) was a fair one. I found the book a good honest read, it's not the usual hoolie lies to sell books, he tells it as it was by not making himself out to be a super hero and backs up a lot of stories with photo's and press cuttings to compliment the chapters contents.
Most bookshops within Merseyside are refusing to sell the book such is the uproar over the book, I suggest you buy before it's too late!.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE TRUTH AT LAST, 23 Jun 2004
This review is from: Scally: Confessions of a Category C Football Hooligan (Paperback)
After reading every hoolie book to hit the shelves at last one who's author admits he has taken a few slaps and a backward step in his time.
Not for the faint hearted, Nicholls deals with the lot from the blades to the Racists and ducks no issues.
His honesty gets him banned from Goodison Park for life, not such a bad thing and a football banning order to boot.
Covers the 70,s 80,s with honesty that is backed up with newspapers pictures etc and from then on police files on himself prove he was a main player, unlike many of the authors who have written 10th hand stories to make a few bob.
We all have our own versions about numbers etc but this lad gets it just about right. As an Arsenal fan it did not make pleasent reading at times but anyone in the know will admit that when it counted the blue half of the Mersey were up there with the best football crews in the land.
Laugh a page cut short with an act of violence that sometimes makes you shudder.
Buy it if you knew or want to know what it was like.
Leave it where it is if you are a wannabe Burberry hat hoolie!
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So good they tried to ban it !!!!!, 16 Oct 2003
Andy Nicholls recollection of the life and times of being a
" Scally " is frank, truthful and entertaining from start to finish. Free from the self hype of other hooli books Nicks account is accurate and at times funny yet disturbing. Tales of being an urchin getting legged by Geordies with beards, getting on his bike(literally)at Oxford and accounts of the CRC, Kensington High Street and the return leg meant I couldnt put it down.

Regular battles with the Red Army, Boro, the Cockneys and more are described honestly although I'm sure some may have a slightly different version of events. Southampton at Highbury '84 brought back memories. Missed opportunties - The Naughty Forty, Zulus are also covered. Ending with running the Belgian buzzies at Anderlecht, seeking help to pack it all in after nearly twenty four years at it this is undoubtly one of the best

All in money well spent - invest in this one !!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hardhitting, gritty and a real insight into the mind of a Hooligan
Scally is by far the best of all the Hooligan books. I have read mostly all, ICF, Naughty, Villa, Suicide Squad etc. But this book tells it like it is. No holds barred. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Scally: Confessions of a Category C Football Hooligan
As an Everton fan of 47 years old who attended many games home & away (mostly away) particularly in the 70s and 80s. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Steve Bartle

4.0 out of 5 stars good read bit gory pulls no punches
A good read written by a knowlegeable Author. Funny at times, brutal at others. Everton were an evil shower during late 70's early 80's and I personally despised the use of knives... Read more
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Published 24 months ago by Paul Ess.

4.0 out of 5 stars Probably Spot on
Being an ex-Chelsea boy myself, A lot of what this boy describes is spot on. Everton always had a firm & the county road cutters were probably the most dangerous. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2007 by John From London Town MBE

5.0 out of 5 stars scally
i used to follow everton home and away 1975 to 1981 , i read the book and thought it was a good read,i can relate to the early part of the book ,even more so than the author being... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2006 by billy

5.0 out of 5 stars 1 of the best out there
got 2 be 1 of the best on the shelves
u get the feel of life as a young scally right through the years
2 being a top boy

buy it
its a must

Published on 28 Jan 2006 by jon

4.0 out of 5 stars Best so far
Scally is the best hooligan book I have read so far (Soul Crew Blades Hoolifan Frotline etc,,) I personely cant be sure about the truth of his mob sizes but he doesnt go on about... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2005 by Pear Mayer

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth and nothing but the Truth
As a life long Evertonian i found it hard to put this book down.
I think it will appeal to Fans of any club due to its truthful version of events that many will remember. Read more
Published on 10 Jul 2004 by nathanbluetilltheend

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