All Quiet on the Hooligan Front: Eight Years That Shook Football - Hardcover

Ward, Colin

3.33

12 ratings by Goodreads

9781851589142: All Quiet on the Hooligan Front: Eight Years That Shook Football

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851589147 ISBN 13: 9781851589142

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 1996

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All Quiet on the Hooligan Front is a compelling exploration into the changing face of football. Covering the years just prior to the Hillsborough disaster up to the present day, it shows how the mood of English football has changed dramatically since the era of hooliganism described in its predecessor, the hugely successful Steaming In. The book revolves around the author's travels and gives a vivid portrayal of the fun that fans have when supporting their team. It looks at how football has changed now that the terraces have gone, and gives an insight into how members of the press often distort the truth about the game in order to sell more papers. The book emphasises the importance now assigned to marketing within football and, on a darker note, looks at the advent of the drugs culture amongst fans. All Quiet on the Hooligan Front chronicles all of the changes which have occurred in the game post-Hillsborough, and leaves it for the reader to decide whether these have been good or bad for the beautiful game.

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Review:

Undiluted fan-memoir, not the sweet Hornby kind by raw lager-chucking sectarianism' (Independent on Sunday)

Ward...offers a clutured, pasionate defence of the ordinary fan who, between the hooligans and the corporate sponsors, has been abandoned (Melody Maker)

Funny and touching (The Scotsman)

This explosive no-holds-barred book...written by a man who cares passionately about the game he loves (Irish Post)

Synopsis:

From the author of "Steaming In", this book covers the years from just prior to Hillsborough to the present, and shows how the mood in English football has changed dramatically since the era of hooliganism. The book revolves around the author's travels and gives a portrayal of the fun fans have when supporting their team. It looks at how football has changed now that the terraces have gone, and gives an insight into how the football press often distort the truth in order to sell more papers. The book emphasizes the importance now assigned to marketing within football and, on a darker note, looks at the advent of the drugs culture amongst fans. It chronicles the changes which have occurred in the game post-Hillsborough and leaves it to the reader to decide whether these have been good or bad for the game.

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