He became so famous, in fact, that he was portrayed in the iconic football hooligan film The Rise of the Foot Soldier. They are the shaven heads, tattooed arms and defiant poses of men who terrorised the terraces in the dark days of English football hooliganism. Former football hooligan Dante Hawkins opens up on fights at Spurs' games This week the football community mourned reformed hooligan Barrington Patterson who died of a heart attack. May you rest in peace, Baz.. A Hornchurch born ex-West Ham football hooligan has recalled the fights he . [9], Following a renewed interest by the public in the 21st century in football hooliganism of the 1970s and 1980s, Gardner featured prominently on the cover of fellow I.C.F. Below, we take a look at what these former footie hard nuts are up to now. Despite his background, Cass Pennant gets involved with the Inter City Firm (ICF) for their famous dust up with Wolves fans in 72. Im not trying to glorify them or condemn them. . Aston Villa were one of many English clubs that had violent hooligan groups throughout the 1970s. The film shows an incident involving Gardner and the I.C.F. But in. Topping the list of best movies about football hooligans is this stylish 2004 effort starring Danny Dyer. I never belonged to any sub-culture or gang because I was Asian. TN), 1-855-2CALLGA (IL), 1-800-270-7117 (MI). Bill Gardner (football hooligan) - Wikipedia The Inter City Firms biggest rivals have traditionally been other London firms such as Chelseas headhunters, Millwalls Bushwackers and Spurs Yid Army. The ICF were the basis of Alan Clarke's 1988 film, The Firm. We respect your privacy. Top 10 Football Hooligan Movies of All Time - Hooligan F.C. [1] They were the subject of a 1985 Thames Television documentary, Hooligan. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "If theres any fighting around you, you look for an opportunity to go up behind someone and give them a sly punch in the kidneys or kick them in the leg and then back off. Gaming Licensing and Investigations of the Virginia Lottery to operate in the State of Virginia, and a These guys are strong and imposing people, to photograph them any other way would seem strange for me. As he becomes part of the gang, he experiences the ups and downs of running with a firm. And you still wouldn't want to bump into any of them in a dark alley. The former Manchester City hooligan was once arrested and banned from football after storming a football pitch wearing a boiler suit. Jason Marriner became a well-known hooligan after he was exposed in a BBC documentary about the Chelsea Headhunters firm. Cass Pennant has become a particularly prolific author and publisher and is now moving into film production. But I like them because, as Eyal Berkovic said, they are like a pub side: three hugely gifted, three who can play a bit, and the rest pick-ups from the public bar. London legend Billy Bragg is all of these things and more. "So I put this bottle through the geezers face, right through hard, all the glass had shattered into my hand, cut my hand but his face he went 'agghh' and went back into the melee screaming. The Story Of Hooligan Britain | The Firms Rebel Penguin ApS 2023 (a subsidiary of Gaming Innovation Group Inc.) You can find cass at his stoll in green street. Awaydays is about one young lads initiation into The Pack, casuals attached to Tranmere Rovers in the 1980s, decked out in Fred Perry and Adidas sambas. ", "West Ham distance themselves from notorious fan group founded by Inter-City Firm members", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inter_City_Firm&oldid=1107360133, Pages using infobox criminal organization with ethnicity or ethnic makeup parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 August 2022, at 16:04.