Forty years ago today, Millwall’s infamous Bushwackers firm were joined by a band of ‘freelance hooligans’ from Chelsea and West Ham. Luton’s home ground became dangerously overcrowded ...
When Millwall supporters tore the plastic seats ... They were actually sat having a drink with one of our targets.” The hooligan target took offence at being accused of being a cop and everyone ...
Police were today considering taking unprecedented legal action against Millwall Football Club after ... they came under attack from up to 900 hooligans outside the club ground in Bermondsey ...
Show more 1985 saw some of the biggest and bloodiest hooligan riots in British football history. In March, Luton hosted Millwall in an FA Cup tie. Millwall’s notorious mobs rioted before ...
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Looking back 40 years to the evening of March 13, 1985, David Pleat is unequivocal. “It was the worst night of my career in football,” he says. “A terrible, terrible evening.” At the final ...
Following the deadly climax of "Green Street Hooligans," several members of the West Ham firm and numerous members of Millwall end up in jail. The GSE quickly discover the brutality of life on the ...
“I’d seen other serious outbreaks of hooliganism — but nothing like the Millwall riot.” Those who complain about the ‘sanitisation’ of the modern match-going experience tend to ...
But then came one of the darkest nights in football history. On 29 May 1985, 39 people were killed at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels during the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. The ...