Product Information
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 it's 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 in fact a true story. That man, James Bannon, was the ambitious young copper. 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 heart of the world of 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139780091951511
eBay Product ID (ePID)194211532
Product Key Features
Book TitleRunning with the Firm
AuthorJames Bannon
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2013
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width164mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJames Bannon
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom