Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan

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Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan

Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan

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Focussing on Jay's rise through the ranks with the notorious Aberdeen Soccer Casuals, the book delivers a no-holds-barred account of the casual movement and glory days of British football hooligans. Though I think it would work well as a movie, since it is just two books and the scope is manageable. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. American author Bill Buford, who traveled with English football hooligans in the 1980s, described it thusly: "Violence is one of the most intensely lived experiences and, for those capable of giving themselves over to it, one of the most intense pleasures. The stories aren’t entirely similar, but the semi-dystopian futures and the gritty military action are coming from the same place.

Wonder what this is like, seems to be a bit sci-fi, possibly based on too much Xbox time, but could be a fun read or total pish. I can remember them getting abuse when walking round the shed but i cannot think of 1 fight i have saw them in.

Wouldnt say they were kids as they were a few years older than me and a few of them were from the area i grew up. We were heading up to Fyvie Castle to attend a Vintage Car Rally and a family friend and (ex neighbour) was meeting up with us for our evening meal.

I never had such low self esteem that I felt the need to actually get involved as ultimately the whole thing was a futile activity. I remember in the 70's we toiled to keep the main part of the shed when either Celtic or Rangers visited. my ex used to work in a pub that was frequented by some of the leeds service crew - he told me some very scary stories about some of them, but, thinking about it, from what he said, they did seem to separate into the very violent (and often mentally unstable), and the fearsome fighters, amongst whom seemed to be quite a few martial arts enthusiasts. I've met a number of the original lads on Pre season tours, European tours etc, the game is over for them and has been for years but they still follow the club, could never understand why their loyalty was always questioned.I reckon because the Shed was such a big thing that enjoyed the Shed/Casual rivalry was the reason the Hearts Casuals never got the big numbers that Hibs did who's scarvers praised and encouraged their behavior. I have this vague, half-formed theory that most human beings, or maybe men in particular, have this ability to perform shocking acts of violence and/or bravery, given the right circumstances. As long as you behave yourself - edit to add there was supposed to be a smiley face at the end of that ! I remember stood in the shed, towards the front, and a line of kids walked along the bottom 2 steps.



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