Bovver - Softcover

'THIS IS THE BOOK THAT'S GOING TO BLOW US ALL AWAY.' DOUGIE BRIMSON, AUTHOR OF BARMY ARMY 'AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANYONE REMOTELY INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL, FASHION OR MUSIC. BRILLIANT!' THE SUNDAY PEOPLE 'THAT, MY MAN, IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. LOVE IT. REALLY, REALLY GOOD...' MARTIN KNIGHT, AUTHOR OF HOOLIFAN

It's the 1970s. The hair is shaved, the music is funky and the football is violent - very, very violent. Every Saturday, legions of football fans take to the terraces to do battle with each other. Chris Brown was in the thick of it. The regulation haircut, clip-on braces, shrunk Levis and bovver boots - he had the look that every self-respecting bovver boy tried for, and he launched himself into the culture of the decade with a passion. This is a story of those times. It is a story of the adrenaline-packed Saturday outings, a story of Tonik suits, terraces and The Maytals, of race riots, safety pins and The Clash by way of P.Funk, platform shoes and discos. A true story of the most maligned decade in British history - the music, the fashion, the violence. Welcome to the real 1970s - it ain't no boogie wonderland.