British 'super-hooligans' are causing havoc at non-league football as ex-thug exposes violence

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READ MORE: Britain's most notorious football hooligans now – from MMA fighter to film producer But authorities did clamp down on fan violence after an infamous FA Cup sixth round tie between Luton Town and Millwall at Kenilworth Road in 1985.The frightening scenes saw Millwall fans riot after the 1-0 defeat and a knife was even thrown towards the home goalkeeper.Luton’s manager at the time, David Pleat, remembered: “There were people being carried away on stretchers, fans on the edge of the pitch and players constantly looking up at their families because billiard balls were being thrown at the directors' box."I can't tell you much about the football, because there was so much else going on.

It was completely out of control."In response, football banning orders (FBOs) became the norm and policing and intelligence at football games went up many notches.

The Violent Crime Reduction Act (2006) also allowed cops to remove fans they suspected of planning to cause mischief.With more decisive action being taken, the view going into the 20th century was that football hooliganism had mostly been discarded to the history books.But now, in his latest project, You're Going Home in a F*****g Ambulance: Hooligan Wars - The Inside Story, author Pennant has exposed an uglier truth.He wrote: “Despite such claims, it has never really gone away.

For the past two decades television has saturated the Premiership, inflating the cost of players to the clubs, and therefore ticket prices to the supporters.“The casual terrace thug has been priced out of the market so it seemed he had simply gone elsewhere.