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Rolling with the 6.57 Crew: The True Story of Pompey's Legendary Football Fans [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Cass Pennant (Author), Rob Silvester (Author), Rob Sylvester (Author) "Portsea Island, which the city of Portsmouth sits on, is one of the most densely populated areas in Europe ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Blake Publishing; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904034586
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904034582
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 107,833 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Portsmouth's 657 Crew: the most talked-about casual football firm of the eighties and nineties. Never out of the headlines, this notorious gang took their name from the time of the train they caught to away games, following their team fanatically around the country with the kind of dedication only a football fan knows. Here, the crew reveals its story. Author Cass Pennant gains access to the main face of the crew and tells all: the intense rivalry between Portsmouth and neighbours Southampton, the violence on and off the terraces and the comradeship between crew members.


About the Author

Cass Pennant made his debut with his bestselling autobiography, Cass. He is the author of the enormously successful Congratualtions, You have Just Met the ICF, the inside story of West Ham's infamous InterCity Firm.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written but not without its charm, 7 Jul 2003
By A Customer
Unlike another reviewer who has based his comments on the synopsis (a career as a professional criticism surely awaits this individual), I have actually taken the trouble to read this book.
In terms of spelling, grammar, construction and factual accuracy this book is no winner. It's clear Cass Pennant is not a Pompey fan - getting the FA Cup final years wrong and referring to the North Terrace as the "North Bank" are two of the give aways.
If you take the accounts of events with a pinch of salt you have what is basically just another run of the mill hoolie book (we done this and that mob, we never ran from no-one etc) - but with a bit more interest for the average Portsmouth fan.
Some of the accounts of events in this history of PFC fans on the rampage are funny and absorbing and the chapter on the effect of the rave scene on the "firm" is quite illuminating.
I didn't expect much from "Rolling" and to be fair I wasn't disappointed - but its not without its charm and it whiled away a wet summer weekend waiting for the start of the season.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 8 Oct 2003
By David Harrison (East Anglia, UK) - See all my reviews
Really not as good as I hoped. it's hard to tell what cass pennent's role is in the book. I get the impresion only members of the 6.57 will undertsand what the hell is going on half the time.
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12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 3 Feb 2004
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That's right this is a fantastic insight into some of the biggest idiots to have ever come out of England.

I thought the George Best book was bad the way his illness (alcoholism) is compared with cancer, maybe it could have been compared to the cancer known as the 657 crew.

This book does nothing but glorify a bunch of racist idiots who probably still wet the bed.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Total Fantasy
What a complete load of rubbish totally untrue account of the portsmouth football hooligans, rob sivester talks about events that didnt even take place only in his dreams maybe,... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Colin Kelly

4.0 out of 5 stars A deep insight in Pompey's hooliganism
The book gives some insights into the culture of British hooligans by exploring the legendary 6.57 of Portsmouth. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Kleidis

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting
I found this book very interesting. I followed Pompey from 1979 to 1983 and recognised many of the accounts (More as a spectator than a hooligan)
The descriptions are very... Read more
Published 7 months ago by BILL THE PILL

1.0 out of 5 stars The most retarded book available within the hoolie genre.
I understand that football hooligans are for the most part probably not university professors. This fact however is no excuse for the completely incomprehensible way this book is... Read more
Published 9 months ago by The book reviewer

1.0 out of 5 stars Pure Fantasy
This book is pure fantasy. The 657 crew were actually a small group of retarded drunks who went around the country getting beaten up by other football fans. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Ian

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor and tedious
Yes I read this, yes I have read a number of others of a similar genre. I have also travelled the country and seen football violence at first hand (including visits to... Read more
Published on 9 Jul 2007 by I. R. Manton

5.0 out of 5 stars omg
the 657 crew where awesome the most loyal fans ever, and the below obviously dont no nothing about football 2nd rate team doubt it, we are the best fans in the world, and the... Read more
Published on 10 April 2006

3.0 out of 5 stars Bit like PFC, promising but somewhat disappointing
I usually love these type of books, but to be honest I was a little disappointed with Rolling with the 6.57 Crew. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2005 by carts11

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, how cool!
I wasnt sure what to expect from this, as Im not a good reader as I was chucked out of school before I got to 11, but still I got my Dad to order this for me. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
As a Pompey fan, I loved every page of this book. Not being the biggest of readers, I was expecting it to take me some time to read it, but just couldn't put the bloody thing... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2004 by pompey_boy

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