DaveEdwards Joined: 06 Sep 07
Replies: 5181 27 Jul 10 13:46 
I think its about time someone wrote one of those hooligan books and tells the truth

Dave:

2005 was Everton valley, generally a bad day to be 'one of the lads'. Utd were given a send off by Leeds at Picadilly, before being on the receiving end of a pasting by '40 of Liverpool's finest'(quote from a manc in attendance) in Stanley Park before the game.

After the game they were being escorted to Lime St when about 400 ferel Everton youths attacked and as you can imagine a beating occured.

If you want to read a decent book get 'Boys from the Mersey' by Nicky Alt. Its a bit too professional scouse for me but its an alternative to the cass pennant 'four of us ran over 9,000 of em' books. Most of it focuses on bunking and robbing abroad during the eighties etc.... Basically plays down a lot of the violence and says it was never as endemic as people like to make out nowadays.

On a personal note, must say that anyone over the age of 21 who gets involved in this sort of stuff really needs to sort their life out. Nothing sadder than seeing some 40 something decked out in Stone Island still clinging on to his 'firm' for some sense of belonging.