Football firms

Thirty years ago, a new footie tribe arrived on the terraces: they dressed weird, liked cool music and were up for a ruck. On the eve of his new film, Kevin Sampson recalls the style highs and violent lows of the 'casuals'

North Stand..North Stand... do your job !!!

The Inter City Firm (ICF) is an English football hooligan firm mainly active in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, associated with West Ham United. The name came from the use of InterCity trains used to travel to away games. The ICF was still...

What a sight! Remember being on here when we scored a goal?

From the 1960s onwards, the UK had a reputation worldwide for football hooliganism was often dubbed the English Disease. Since the 1980s and well into the 1990s the UK government has led a widescale crackdown on football related violence. While football hooliganism has been a growing concern in some other European countries in recent years, British football fans now tend to have a better reputation abroad. Although reports of British football hooliganism still surface, the instances now tend…

Against modern Football

Against modern Football

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