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Running with the Firm

My Double Life as an Undercover Hooligan

Author: James Bannon  

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The Sunday Times bestselling account of how an undercover cop infiltrated a football hooligan firm

In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game.

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The Sunday Times bestselling account of how an undercover cop infiltrated a football hooligan firm

In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game.

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The Sunday Times bestselling account of how an undercover cop infiltrated a football hooligan firm'Of course I'm a fking hooligan, you prk. I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan. And, do you know why? Because that's my f**king job.'In 1995, a film called I.D., about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game.The film was so shocking it was hard to believe the mindless events that took place could ever happen in the real world. Well, believe it now...Almost twenty years on, the man behind the film has explosively revealed that the script was largely a true story. That man, James Bannon, was the ambitious undercover cop. The football club was Millwall F.C. and the gang that he infiltrated was The Bushwackers, among the most brutal and fearless in English football.In Running with the Firm, Bannon shares his intense and dangerous journey into the underworld of football hooliganism where sickening levels of violence prevail over anything else. He introduces you to the hardest thugs from football's most notorious gangs, tells all about the secret and almost comical police operations that were meant to bring them down, and, how once you're on the inside, getting out from the mob proves to be the biggest mission of all.A disturbing but compelling read, this is the book that proves fact really is stranger than fiction.

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Critic Reviews

“A must-read for fans”

-- Natasha Harding The Sun
Brutal and searingly honest Sunday Express
An entertaining and interesting first-hand account of a key point in British football history FootyMatters.com

An amazing account of football hooliganism in its height and a brilliant read

sportsvibe.co.uk
Rather interesting book -- Libby Purves BBC Radio 4, Midweek

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About the Author

James Bannon was born in 1965, in Lambeth, south London. After five years of service with the Metropolitan Police, spending a large amount of time as an undercover police officer, he has continued to live a rich and colourful life as an actor, comedian, property developer and proprietor of his own commercial airline. He is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust and lives in Sussex with his family.

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Product Details

Publisher
Ebury Publishing | Ebury Press
Published
5th June 2014
Pages
336
ISBN
9780091951528

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