“I have been keeping a wary eye on the growing soccer scene in America,” writes Dougie Brimson. “And while the Los Angeles Galaxy’s purchase of the great David Beckham is going to provide the game with a huge boost, I have a very real concern that he isn’t the only British import that is going to impact American soccer over the coming seasons.”
Hooligan-turned-acclaimed author Dougie Brimson is the UK’s most respected authority on soccer hooligan-ism. Now, in a book written specifically for an American audience, he tells the astonishing story of the rampant hooliganism among European soccer fans and how it could spread to the U.S. Written in the raw, in-your-face style that has won considerable acclaim in Europe—The Daily Mail (London) said Brimson had written “probably the best book ever on soccer violence”—March of the Hooligans is a powerfully intimate look at what hooliganism has become and where it is headed.
"Offers a captivating history of the outrageous behavior of British fans . . . Too brief, but chockablock with riveting, shocking tales of madness." —Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Fourteen bestselling, critically acclaimed books of both fiction and non-fiction plus a Hollywood movie--Dougie Brimson co-developed the story and was senior screenwriter and consultant for Green Street Hooligans starring Elijah Wood--have established this former hooligan as Britain's foremost authority on sports violence and "lad culture." Brimson lives in Hertfordshire, England. This is his American debut.
His latest book, The Art of Fart is a comedy examination of flatulence in all it's varied and pungent forms!
All of his work is available from amazon.com in either ebook or traditional format.
Having written 14 books and a multi award winning feature film in under 15 years, former serviceman Dougie Brimson has emerged as one of Britain's most prolific writers.
After 18 years service with the Royal Air Force -including both the Falklands and Gulf War 1- the ex-Sergeant engineer's literary career began in 1996 when he co-wrote a book based on his experiences as a soccer casual entitled Everywhere We Go.
This groundbreaking work examined the culture of soccer fandom from the inside and has become essential reading for anyone with an interest in the game and its supporters. A further 13 books have followed ranging from controversial non-fiction to fictional comedy and their success has established the author as one of the worlds leading authorities on the issues of both the game and lad culture.
His latest book, The Art Of Fart, is his first e-xclusive and takes him back into the world on non-politically correct comedy!
Widely acknowledged as one of the games most vocal anti-violence and anti-racism campaigners, Dougie has acted as an advisor to both the British governments working group into soccer disorder and the European commissions' soccer group. He has also written extensively for various magazines, newspapers and websites including The Sun, The Times, The New York Times, The Guardian. Loaded, Four-Four-Two magazine, About.com and Soccer 365.
In 2003 Dougie made the move into screenwriting first with the critically acclaimed short movie IT'S A CASUAL LIFE and then with his first full length feature, the Hollywood funded GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS starring Elijah Wood. Following its release in September 2005, the film won numerous awards including:
Narrative Jury Prize - SXSW Film Festival Narrative Feature Audience - SXSW Film Festival Best of Festival - Malibu Film Festival Jury Award (feature) - Malibu Film Festival Official Selection - Tribeca Film Festival
After a successful worldwide cinema release, the movie went on to sell over 80,000 DVD units during its first week on sale in the UK alone.
TV and radio credits include Sky News, BBC News, BBC News24, NBC, CBN, ESPN, Talk Radio and Radio 5 Live whilst Dougie has also produced and presented two motorsport series for Granada Television as well as working as a presenter for Bravo TV. In 2007, he also produced a motorsport series for Channel 5 in the UK covering the sport of BrisCA Formula One Stock Car racing.
The fact that he has been so prolific has not gone unnoticed within the media industry and this has led to an increasing number of requests to input ideas into creative projects including two major internet projects one of which was the first ever on-line soap opera for children.
Dougie is currently working on a new hooligan based movie for a major British production company whilst ongoing projects include screenplays for the forthcoming Brit-zombie flick Killerweed (currently in pre-production), Mister One Hundred (a biography of Welsh darts legend Leighton Rees. Currently in pre-production), Wings of a Sparrow (a football based comedy), Soldier, Soldier (based around the war in Afghanistan) and an adaptation of his own novel, Top Dog.
This review is from: March of the Hooligans (Paperback)
An excellent primer to what is a truly European fad/disease--soccer hooliganism. Rather than glorifying and glamorizing the activity, the author does an excellent job at simply describing the political and sociocultural trends that allowed for such brutality to take place as well as the anonymous nature of hooliganism which breeds violence. While I disagree with the premise that hooliganism could happen in the United States (if it could, why hasn't it attached itself to other sports?), it is worth considering and preventing.
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This review is from: March of the Hooligans (Paperback)
As an American just starting to learn the game and about hooliganism, I found this book a completely fascinating read. Got this book in the mail and could not put it down, I read every chance I could and finished in two days, which is an accomplishment for me. Pick this one up for sure, it is great.
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