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DVD Description
Before The Football Factory. Before The Firm. Before Donal Mcintyre there was "Hooligan" the seminal TV expose that so shocked film director Alan Clark that he made The Firm about the notorious group of violent football supporters, the West Ham Inter City Firm or ICF. Hooligan is a look inside football's first family of fear, the ICF. Before them football hooligans could be easily identified as Doctor Marten, Levi and Ben Sherman wearing skin heads, not anymore. The ICF changed the entire football violence landscape; they were professionals from all walks of life. Designer clothes-wearing, first class travel using and above all, organised. They made prior appointments with rival clubs firms and travelled first class to meet them, always with their special friend Stanley. Once a humble builder's tool, the Stanley knife became the weapon of choice for those involved. No football colours, colours were for scarfers (normal supporters), no singing and if it was a drab northern ground probably no match as the meet had been arranged for elsewhere. City centres were reduced to little more that looted shops and burnt out cars, innocent by-standers civilians looked on in horror as the rival firms fought with each other, and the police. No longer were the participants mindless tribes of knuckle dragging youths, the ICF were a new breed of otherwise successful, mostly well off people who got off on violence for its own sakes. Football had become the vehicle, the public at large the audience. You could tell that you had been turned over by the ICF, they had business cards printed with the legend "you have just met the famous ICF, have a nice day", and after Stanley had paid his respects the unlucky person got a calling card as a memento. Hooligan is a groundbreaking documentary that goes inside the ICF and brought the notion of a new violent subculture to the nation's conscience. This DVD contains the same content as "Hooligan" (2002)

Special Features
Report from the Social Issues Research Centre "Tackling Football Violence"

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   20 of 26 people found the following review helpful: The inter city firm tactics and techniques., 29 April 2007 By  G. SMITH (WALES) - See all my reviews    So what was and what is still with it when it comes to football violence. I was there in the 1980s watching West Ham, and yes they had a well organised and professional firm. The top boys are probably not here, but although working class they were not 'chavs'. You see in those days everyone wanted to look like a golfer, all Pringle and Lyle and Scott. Mainly v-neck sweaters and training shoes. The escort infiltration techniques are explained here and how to avoid train fares, there is also an examination of disturbance techniques in Manchester, especailly useful if you are outnumbered as they were. Some nice infiltration into Victoria and how to deal when the other firms get 'mobbed-up'. Some fighting requirements are also outlined, funnily enough there was no strict demand to be a great fighter more the quality to stand there and take it was the order of the day. In Sheffield the plans seem to come togther and the full city centre chase is shown. All in all a fine historical record of the casual football hooligan at his finest.  Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews