BBC Radio 5 Live’s gripping new six-part podcast, Gangster Presents: Hooligans, delves into the dark side of the beautiful ...

IT WAS one of English football’s bleakest nights and one of its most significant occasions. The Kenilworth Road riot — before ...

The “English disease”, as football hooliganism is known, is flaring up again. As prime minister, Margaret Thatcher was troubled by football thuggery. She considered it a threat to British ...

But then came one of the darkest nights in football history. On 29 May 1985, 39 people were killed at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels during the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. The ...

IN a shocking new podcast former football hooligans boast about never getting beaten and eulogise about the thrill of ...

Following the tragedy at Heysel, Margaret Thatcher called for tough action against hooligans. But is the reputation of English fans about to be damaged even further?

But the Sunflower Tomakomai could soon be handling a more volatile cargo - English football hooligans. The vessel has been commandeered by authorities for use as a floating prison for World Cup ...

In 1976, The Damned released the first punk single, “New Rose”. 40 years later, the band’s original lineup – Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Brian James and Rat Scabies – tell Peter Watts ...

in Qatar were involved in a hooligan incident which demanded the intervention of local law enforcement officers after the English flag was forcibly replaced by an Argentine Malvinas-claim colors.

“What people misunderstand about hooliganism is that it was born out ... the podcast highlights a time when English football fans garnered a worldwide reputation for violence in and outside ...