Doing it for a JPT game really is the finest of touches. We look out for each other.". The book - Hooligans - profiles the gangs of the country's football clubs and looks at the battles and police operations surrounding hooliganism. She was out of her mind with worry, and ringing the police to ask where I was just didn't work as the phone system was overwhelmed. From Stockport County to Tottenham Hotspur, and the dozens in-between, those who have come across the Ointment never forget. Flashy Blade Books; 1st edition (25 Dec. 2013). "Historically, football violence comes and goes, and the problem is diminishing for the time being.". I have bought this as a birthday present for my Dad who is a Bradford City fan. They hunt in packs, fuelled by cocaine, hooked on violence and occasionally wielding chains. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Talking to the old hooligans the penalties are too severe.". Or is that the link? Many more suffered serious burns. --Tony Barrett, The Times --Tony Barret, The Times. The book says the core of the Ointment Gang is not growing but uses associates of hooligans as "rent-a-thug" reinforcements. They've read the books, want to buy the clothes and they've heard the reputations of their dads and uncles.". As part of his bail he is banned from going within a mile of Citys ground before and after any home games. THE Bradford City Ointment needs no introduction to anyone who takes an interest in football violence. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. Don't stay up too late! I also knew and still know many of the characters in the book. THE Bradford City Ointment needs no introduction to anyone who takes an interest in football violence. "The best way for me to curtail the activities of my risk group [in Islington, Arsenal's borough] is to cut off their supply of cocaine with good intelligence, arresting the person supplying them. PC Pete Dearden, Arsenal's football intelligence officer, says: "At a high-profile game at Arsenal where there are 60,000 people coming, we are looking at 150 to 200 who are part of the risk supporters group. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 November 2014, Not a bad read nice that it was small stories as opposed to long drawn out stories worth a read, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2013. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. This is a real life inside story from a lower league respected firm. Most hooligan books suffer from the same delusions.Well worth a read if you take it all with a pinch of salt. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Copyright 2007-2022 Oh When The Blues Display as a link instead, Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images. Powered by Invision Community. On Kindle Scribe, you can add sticky notes to take handwritten notes in supported book formats. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to After delivering our patients, we were taken back to the ground, to wait for who knows what. Kevin McDonnell has travelled the world as a journalist and English Language Teacher. A NOTABLE and compelling account of the characters who made Bradford City's hooligan firm one of the most notorious and feared in English football's lower divisions. "We class ourselves as family. They brought with them a large following and Hull City decided to let them have the home end, much to the disappointment of the Hull firm. He was doing as well as could be expected, but his wife was still very poorly. "It is coke now that's always about. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. The book tells how the Ointment Gang was unusual in that it was a multi-racial group and one of the few football mobs to have Sikhs involved. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. We ended up sat on the pitch in little groups, relating to our police stations so that they could work out which police officers were missing or injured. As a city fan I enjoyed revisiting many games I had forgotten about. jackkellySeptember 2, 2014 in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum, THE BRADFORD OINTMENT HAVE MADE A APPOINTMENT WITH OLDHAMS FINE YOUNG CASUALS, WE HAVE JUST GOT OFF THE TRAIN, WE ARE GOING TO DAMAGE YOUR BRAIN, YOU MIGHT THINK WE'RE INSANE BE READY TO FEEL THE PAIN, Take it to Lee Dorans Facebook hooligan banter page FFS. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can The people on the pitch didn't need our bidding to move away - the heat was incredible. "The normal paying public wouldn't understand it," says Wally, a 46-year-old who was once a prominent force in Birmingham City's firm the Zulus. After maybe ten minutes the fire just seemed to roar out of control and was clearly visible from every part of the ground. While trouble can still flare around high-profile games, the preferred location for fighting and disorder is away from stadiums, with British Transport Police reporting a 49% increase in arrests year on year, and 83 banning orders issued for incidents on the rail network in 2008-09, the latest season for which details are available. A football hooligan who bragged about his activities in a television documentary has been jailed for 27 months. ", Fifa's inspectors visit England this week to run the rule over the 2018 World Cup bid. "CCTV evidence led to two of them receiving a 15-month prison sentence, which reflects that the judge has an understanding of the organised pre-planned ferocity of the incident.". England's main rivals in the bidding process are Russia, where football hooliganism is a far bigger problem. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Police said they believed Ellis was the ringleader of a hooligan group known as the "Young Bradford Ointment". ,,,and when we feel pain you'll apply some ointment???? Please use a different way to share. PC Jamie Smith, the force football intelligence officer, said banning orders have had a massive impact on the Ointment Gang with most of the group banned as a result of trouble at the pre-season friendly with Aberdeen in July 2003. Wally says: "There used to be instances before where you could get arrested on the morning of a match and be out by kick-off with a 50 fine and a slap on the wrist. You realise ointment gets used on hemerroides right? Getting a Nasty Shock: The Bradford Ointment Story: Amazon.co.uk: Kevin Edward McDonnell: 9780957439504: Books . Page Flip is a new way to explore your books without losing your place. Somehow, and I'll never know how, I managed to locate his wife who was also very badly burned, and got them together so that they were lying next to each other on the pitch, holding hands. Wright, who was not arrested until April, pleaded guilty to a charge of affray, and Mrs Azmi outlined details of his previous convictions which included football-related offences in March, 2004, and October, 2005. PLUS ENGLAND. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please You revel in your notoriety even finding some satisfaction in being part of a group childishly named the Ointment a choice which indicates the intellectual level of this activity.. Is climate change killing Australian wine? A NOTABLE and compelling account of the characters who made Bradford City's hooligan firm one of the most notorious and feared in English football's lower divisions. Gets repetitive in the end. Wrights barrister Nigel Hamilton conceded that the latest incident was a serious one, but he pointed out that it was short-lived and his client had only used his fists during the fighting. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. This is the profile of the 21st-century football hooligan, a breed of "fan" who, although decreasing in numbers and visibility, is recognised by the football authorities and police as never having gone away. 1956: 'Laughing stock of the world' - Suez veteran, 1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death. But police in West Yorkshire say football banning orders had removed Bradford City from the list of shame. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Home Office figures for the 2008-09 season show an average of only 1.18 arrests per match, an overall total of 3,752 from the 38 million people who attended games in England and Wales that year. ", Wally, who has now retired from the frontline and says he prefers to watch Birmingham City from an executive box, concurs. ", But Malcolm Clarke, chairman the Football Supporters' Federation, claims that banning orders are draconian. Bove creamed in a late winner, what a disap"ointment" enough to give anyone a sore head You can post now and register later. We pay informants; there is a network of them across hooligan groups in England and if they give us good information we pay them. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. A football hooligan who bragged about his activities in a television documentary has been jailed for 27 months. I have never heard an ambulance man swear so much as during that journey from the ground to the hospital - the traffic was horrendous, but somehow we made it. Dearden is sure the problem will never completely go away. From Stockport County to Tottenham Hotspur, and the dozens in-between, those who have come across the Ointment never forget. Your link has been automatically embedded. On the eve of the new football season this moved the BTP to announce a crackdown on troublemakers and a determination to issue more banning orders. Dearden says: "We knew there would be around 20 of Blackpool's risk supporters. They use mobile phones and the internet to arrange showdowns with rival "firms" at agreed locations away from prying CCTV cameras and police surveillance. "Our risk supporters had moved from one location to another and the Spurs risk supporters came on the Underground undetected, because we can't check every train. It seemed to go on for a few minutes, officers talking on the radio, requesting fire fighting equipment, then the fire brigade. I'm confused. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. I dont have a problem with that, said Prof Sharpe. Police said Ellis was captured on CCTV at the front of a crowd of people who invaded the pitch at the Valley Parade stadium to confront away supporters after their final match of last season, against Northampton. He was also involved in "threatening behaviour" towards Chesterfield fans at Bradford's Forster Square train station on 26 September. At the match I was stationed diagonally opposite to where the fire started. The improvements in stewarding, appropriate policing, state-of-the-art CCTV systems and the efforts of clubs and leagues have added greatly to making football a fan-friendly environment.". Yesterday, Blackpool were at the Emirates. You like arseholes? Hull City 'Pyschos' v Bradford City 'Ointment' 1996 Last game of the season and Bradford were fighting for a play off place and needed to win. I went to the burns unit at Pinderfields Hospital a few weeks after the fire to see the man that I had dragged out and got into the ambulance with his wife. contact the editor here. Bradford: Flashy Blade Books. i found a torrent 'among the thugs' by bill buford and stuck it on the ipad to read and half way thru that and that's quite good from an independent's point of view. - X Side [2] Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo - Horde Zla [3] (modern), Millwall supporters are escorted by police officers before the Championship match against newly promoted Leeds United at Elland Road. He said policing had changed, as well as the seriousness with which courts now treat hooliganism, with hooligans without previous convictions being sent to prison. With potential of pulling numbers of 300, it was often cup games against top division opponents where the Ointment found its true level. Dearden says that while there is a hooligans' code, their preferred drug has changed. We thought it would be funny for them to be inconvenienced by having to move aside whilst the fire was tackled. I've never before or since felt heat so intense. But there is no reason why people who are reformed characters, who wish to donate money to a good charitable cause, for a legitimate reason, should not have their money accepted. Now here is the inside story. We are sorry. A Home Office spokesperson says: "The strategy works well and there has been no significant English football violence overseas since Euro 2000. When the news came over the radio that there was a fire under the stand, at first it was treated as a joke, something funny, because that was the part of the ground where the "Bradford Ointment" football hooligans used to congregate. Any firm who has come across the Ointment over the last 40 years will know the plot. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The Victorian mill amd cotton towns were never an easy place to go. But Judge Durham Hall told Wright he was a committed football hooligan adding: You clearly couldnt care less. I managed to get one older man and drag him forwards, away from the fire, and lay him on the floor trying to shield him from the heat. Many don't go to the game because they can't get membership or are banned, but they still attach themselves. But the spate of recorded incidents since May and ongoing intelligence work by the authorities indicate the police still have a big job on their hands every week. This is his personal account of the tragedy he witnessed. Please try again. Legendary Hooligan Firms: The BRADFORD OINTMENT - YouTube Legendary Hooligan Firms: The BRADFORD OINTMENT Diablo TV 5.17K subscribers Subscribe No views 1 minute ago MIAMI Delboy Diablo. Well over 50 football clubs are mentioned in this book. Most hooligan books suffer from the same delusions.Well worth a As a city fan I enjoyed revisiting many games I had forgotten about. Poetic license is a good word to use. The authorities, though, argue that the battle to control hooliganism and prevent a return to the dark days requires stringent measures. Mind you, their English isn't too good - I mean " A Appointment? The husband recovered but the wife died later in hospital. During the season, we prosecute about 20 a week everything from a caution or fixed penalty notice to putting them before the court. Please report any comments that break our rules. Last game of the season and Bradford were fighting for a play off place and needed to win. By It's the height of disrespect in the hooligan world to turn over the opposition's pub. "Look at the World Cup in South Africa; there was no one arrested for football-related trouble.". It's not just whether you can get away with it on the day. From Stockport County to Tottenham Hotspur, and the dozens in-between, those who have clashed with the Ointment never forget. Posted September 2, 2014. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. They asked me to make the donation to the unit. After a while however, the news went round, and our mood plunged into a deep depression. Police with dogs, riot gear and video equipment set up a no-go area after the game to keep Leeds followers away from the 550 or so Millwall fans. It sounds like genuine accounts of match days from the 70's until nowadays. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. A Gannett Company. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. The judge was also shown clips from the documentary programme in which Wright told the interviewer: When it kicks off its the best buzz in the world. As part of his sentence yesterday Judge Durham Hall imposed a new eight-year football banning order on Wright even though his barrister pointed out that its terms would not have prevented the incident in Wibsey. Our intelligence is better than ever. This book details the history of the Ointment from the late 70 s to the present day.