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es of Terrace Terror Tracing the genesis of the Hull City football hooligan mob from the formative'60s to the present day, with personal recollections and interviews with former gang members, Shuan Torduff, a former member of the Hull City football hooligan gang, recounts the infamous Battle of Dock Street, the Rugby Wars that split the city, the era of the notorious Hull City Psychos, the trips on Mad Eddie's Battle Wagon, and the resurgence of soccer violence at the football club in the 1990s.

Synopsis
It is the Swinging Sixties, a time of Flower Power, student protest and free love. Unless, that is, you live in a two-up, two-down terraced house in England's forgotten city: Hull. There, among the docks and factories, is an eerie Clockwork Orange world of warring street gangs with names like the Monte Carlo Mob, the Gypsyville Skins, the Woodcock Martyrs and the Kempton Fusiliers. Shaun Tordoff grew up amid the skinhead crews of the tough east coast city and joined legions of like-minded youths on the football terraces every Saturday, in their Sta-press jeans, Doc Martens and sheepskin coats. With personal recollections and interviews with former gangs members, he recounts the infamous Battle of Dock Street, the Rugby Wars that split the city between violent supporters of its two rugby league teams, the era of the notorious Hull City Psychos, the trips on Mad Eddie's Battle Wagon, and the resurgence of soccer violence at the football club in the 1990s. More than simply a hooligan memoir, City Psychos evokes a forgotten world of music, clothes and youth culture in one of Britain's biggest urban areas.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   10 of 12 people found the following review helpful: Perhaps the best of the hoolie-biogs., 16 Nov 2002 By  Dougie Brimson (Watford, England.) - See all my reviews There have been many 'hoolie' biogs in recent years, some have been great, others have been... not so great. But in City Psycho's, we have one of the best. This book is simply superb. It is well written, brilliantly paced and like the wonderful Chris Brown book 'Bovver' evokes memories of times and places that many older fans of the great game will be familiar with. One of the early highlights is the description of how a 12 year old lad (the author) and his mates skirted around the man firm in a desperate bid to get recognised and ultimately accepted. The scene with the Nivea face cream is genuinely laugh out loud funny. Whatever you do, buy this book because it should be in everyone's collection.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Great reminiscing and gripping read, 20 May 2005 By A Customer As a Hull exile, this book was not only great from a football perspective or even from the authoritative writing from someone who was there, not some nitwit with some grand qualification in criminal violence and psychology who only came close to violence by snapping his pencil in university. Written from the perspective of a lad growing up in hull, the east/west rivalries of the time far removed from today's "east hull tigers/west hull tigers" songs at the shiny new KC, the infamous Albemarle - all these things rekindle rich memories of a youth in Hull. Whilst naturally concentrating on actions at and around the terrraces, Tordoff succesfully illustrates cultures and subcultures of the times, and dare I even say social issues of the times described. The aforementioned studious nitwit would find this book a rich source of working class feelings, frustrations and exhilarations for whatever taxpayers-funded social studies course they are taking. Meanwhile the rest of us will not be able to put this book down either from remembering the incidents described for ourselves, or recalling similar altercations, fashions, musical influences, and now-demolished haunts where we hung around, watching the older kids with awe.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Excellent read, 19 Jul 2003 By  shouldknowbetter (UK) - See all my reviews OK, Hull might not be the most fashionable club in the country but this is certainly one of the best, most honest and genuinely funny hooligan books available. For once the author dosen't portray himself or Hull's followers as an all-conquering army, refreshing and highly recommended.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 5 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Honest At last - someone has written a first hand account of involvment. It is funny, witty, and sharply observant of the good and bad points (!) of "hooliganism". Read more Published on 14 Jul 2004 Interesting history of Hull hooligans As a mad Hull City fan its hard to find many books on the club- when will keith Edwards write his autobiography ? Read more Published on 24 Jan 2003 by davebatte Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 5 customer reviews...