Tracking the Hooligans: The History of Football Violence on the UK Rail Network

by Michael Layton and Alan Pacey

'On an average Saturday, some thirty trains carried police escorts of between two and eight officers. Officers sometimes reached the destination with their uniforms soiled with spittle, and other filth, burnt with cigarette ends, or slashed.' Charting the history of violent acts committed by football hooligans on the British rail network and London Underground, numerous retired police officers offer a frightening, and often humorous, insight into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445651807
• ISBN13: 9781445651804
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"