Dominic Utton
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 262
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These are the crews who think nothing of using tear gas, meat hooks, home-made bombs, and worse to make their point—these gangs of organized hooligans for whom their team is their lifenbsp;can be foundnbsp;globally: innbsp;Brazil and Croatia, Argentina and Italy, these soccer fans are everywhere. Meet the fans prepared to go to the furthest extremes tonbsp;defend their team's honor. Actor Danny Dyer, star of thenbsp;hit filmThe Football Factory, took a film crew with him to meet all of these gangs, and this is the full story of what happened when he did. Join him on a journey around the hooligan world in 90 days, visiting ninenbsp;countries in 12 weeks to meet the nastiest, naughtiest football hooligans on the planet. Shot at, stoned, glassed, and tear gassed, they survived gunfire in Brazil, a riot in Poland, and the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the foreign teams as it all goes off. Full of spine-chilling encounters, extraordinary characters, and brutal clashes, this book shows that football hooliganism is alive and kicking—all over the world.