Throughout the season, the Premier League keeps track of which clubs have the best behaved fans as well as the worst behaved fans. Last year, Chelsea was voted the worst behaved fans especially because of the way they abused Avram Grant most of the season, but so far this season they’ve zoomed up the charts […]
Tags: Arsenal · Aston Villa · Chelsea · Harry Redknapp · Hooligans · Hull City · Newcastle United · Sunderland
Sunderland’s 2-1 derby win against Newcastle was marred with skirmishes before, during and after the game at the Stadium Of Light. The Football Association (FA) is investigating the trouble to determine if Sunderland will be fined.
Despicable incidents included a police horse being badly burned by fireworks before the game, and Joey Barton being pelted with […]
Tags: Hooligans · Newcastle United · Stadium Of Light · Sunderland
(Note: I incorrectly quoted a passage from the book that made it seem like the author had made light of a stabbing/slashing incident. It was my misreading of the passage. I’ve since re-written that section of the review. My sincerent apologies to Ian Hough and to you readers for my oversight.)
Perry Boys is a memoir […]
Tags: Football Authors · Football Culture · Hooligans · Ian Hough
Going to see a football match at Old Trafford, Goodison Park, Stamford Bridge or any other ground in the Premier League is a far different experience than what happened 20 years ago. No more terracing. No violence between the opposing sets of fans, and no more cheap tickets that would allow a larger percentage of […]
Tags: Hooligans · Premier League · goodison park · old trafford · stamford bridge
Cass, a new movie scheduled for release in the United Kingdom this Friday August 1, is a true story about a West Ham United supporter and his remarkable life.
Quite a few of the West Ham fans who responded to the articles about the violence at the recent Columbus Crew match mentioned the upcoming movie. See […]
Tags: Hooligans · West Ham United
It’s not a stretch to say that hundreds have died as a direct result of football hooliganism. We’ve seen recent problems with football-related violence in Italy, Croatia and England just to name a few places. Some pundits claim that the violence has less to do with football than it does with societal unrest.
It was with these […]
Tags: Dougie Brimson · Hooligans
Regarding the EPL Talk Podcast, one of the many enjoyable benefits of interviewing some of the top (and most interesting) people on the topic of football is that I’m often learning more about the sport (and its impact on people) at the same time that you are too.
So whether it’s previous interviews with Chuck Culpepper […]
Tags: Hooligans · Ian Hough · Manchester United
Author Dougie Brimson is this week’s featured guest on the EPL Talk Podcast.
The Guardian describes Brimson as “football aggro’s pornographer in chief,” but he’s better known by many as the screenwriter of the movie “Green Street Hooligans” starring Elijah Wood about the rivalry between West Ham United and Millwall hooligans.
Brimson is the author of nearly […]
Tags: Dougie Brimson · Hooligans
