Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan

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Not just for me either, a large swathe of us dandies were compelled to ignore the match and just watch the ensuing action.

For example, from the late 1920s to the mid-1960s, the occurrence of soccer hooliganism in Central and South America, continental Europe (especially the Latin countries), Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland was regularly reported in the English press, together with statements to the effect that such behavior "couldn't happen in England. Aberdeen Soccer Casuals (ASC) started out in 1980, buoyed on by the success of the Reds, with the young supporters wanting to stand out from the rest of the crowd as part of Scotland's first football casuals group.You more or less never lived in those days but choose to criticise or you did live in those days but chose to spend time sorting out your stamp collection and watching Open University. This type of person is easily dealt with by someone with low level training but the right mindset and is sober (the local bobby). Taking a trip to Edinburgh on the train, he said: "They [Capital City Service] were the only people in the league that could come up against us to try and take the crown as Scotland's number one. I also remember that fights definitely, definitely looked like the lads involved were all trained martial artists, rather than some young lads swinging the odd kick or punch at each other while shouting, "Cam On! I’m pretty sure anyone who enjoyed either of these series would have a good chance of liking the other.

The book, which has sold about 120,000 copies, claims he does not seek to glorify violence, but capture the "spirit of the times".The 1960s saw the beginning of the emergence of present-day forms of English football hooliganism and media coverage which sometimes approached the levels of a moral panic. For instance, you’ve written nine books in your Crimson Worlds saga [ Marines, The Cost Of Victory, A Little Rebellion, The First Imperium, The Line Must Hold, To Hell’s Heart, The Shadow Legions, Even Legends Die, and The Fall]. Throughout the autobiography, Jay, describes the life of a soccer casual, from the short journeys to the Schooner (pub) before home games, to the long distance ferry to Gothenburg for the most famous game in Aberdeen's history. That said, do you think the Flames Of Rebellion books are similar to the Crimson Worlds ones, and that people who enjoy the latter would like the former as well?

Having recently met and talked to some of the Man Utd firm I'm very interested in reading any quality accounts on the subject. I remember in the 70's we toiled to keep the main part of the shed when either Celtic or Rangers visited.I have never lived in Edinburgh (10 miles south) but a decent part of our support is from outside the city. It doesn't glorify anything and he shows his shame for being an idiot but no real huge apology for it. Excited at the prospect, as we always were when the Dons played a non-Scottish (particularly English) team and on the lookout for some mischief, we got tickets in the South Stand right next to the fence dividing us from the Everton travelling support. e., for the status of these males in their own and others' eyes as "men"), they learn to associate adrenaline arousal in fight situations with warm, rewarding, and hence pleasurable feelings rather than with the guilt and anxiety that have tended to surround the performance and witnessing of "real" (as opposed to mimetic) violence in the wider society. After getting out of jail, he quit Scotland to work in Austria, then ran a club in Tenerife for five years.