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Legends of the Firm

Cass Pennant author Martin King author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd

Published:10th Aug '17

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Legends of the Firm cover

Meet the men who ruled the football terraces. They caused chaos and struck fear into any rival fan who crossed their path.

Bestselling writers Cass Pennant, from West Ham's InterCity Firm (ICF) and Chelsea Head Hunter main man Martin King have joined forces to produce the definitive book on terrace culture. Martin King, left, is the highly acclaimed author of Hoolifanand its bestselling follow-up The Naughty Nineties.

In this ground-breaking book, the men behind the mobs come together to reveal their experiences as key figures in the most notorious terrace fights. Bestselling writers Cass Pennant, from West Ham's InterCity Firm (ICF) and Chelsea Head Hunter main man Martin King have joined forces to produce the definitive book on terrace culture. From the bovver boys of the sixties and seventies to the football casuals of the eighties, the names central to the biggest firms have all been tracked down and interviewed, the names that were to become the stuff of which terrace legends are made.

Cass Pennant is the bestselling author of Want Some Aggro?; Rolling with the 6.57 Crew; Congratulations, You Have Just Met the ICFand his hugely successful autobiography, Cass. Martin King, left, is the highly acclaimed author of Hoolifanand its bestselling follow-up The Naughty Nineties. He has also written A Boy's Story; On the Cobbles: The Life of a Bare-Knuckle Gypsy Warrior, The Estate; The South Downs Way; Ossie: King of Stamford Bridgeand Grass: The Phil Sparrowhawk Story.

ISBN: 9781786062536

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 202g

288 pages