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"Steaming In" is about as accurate as it gets. Colin Ward was just a daft lad from a small club who went away with England and came back with some stories to tell.
 
Al H said:
National front got in with football gangs in the late 60s early 70s and without the long story football hooliganism was born

And to some effect the attitudes are still their

Sad but true
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That's very misleading.

NF recruited tough young lads from the terraces, but they recruited just as many from the factory floor, the pit, the army and the dole queue.

The NF didn't influence what happened on match days. Football lads when collected together in "firms" are completely non-political ... they were there to support their team.

Also, the long story of football hooliganism started many, many years before the 60s.
 
joe mcclaine said:
Al H said:
National front got in with football gangs in the late 60s early 70s and without the long story football hooliganism was born

And to some effect the attitudes are still their

Sad but true
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That's very misleading.

NF recruited tough young lads from the terraces, but they recruited just as many from the factory floor, the pit, the army and the dole queue.

The NF didn't influence what happened on match days. Football lads when collected together in "firms" are completely non-political ... they were there to support their team.

Also, the long story of football hooliganism started many, many years before the 60s.
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fair point but the hooliganism prior wasn't as bad and as organised as the 70s and 80s

I go every week and I prefer going now to the bad old days
 
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