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Ex-West Ham hooligan recalls brutal 600-person fights with 'toughest ever opponent'

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A former West Ham hooligan has told how he first started fighting at football matches aged 12 and his tactics when facing the toughest rivals he came up against – arch rivals Millwall.Bill Gardner, 67, said that after a tough upbringing he found his real family when supporting West Ham where other fans would look after each other.During the 1970s and 80s when football hooliganism was rife in English football and fighting was rife between fans, Gardner's hard knuckle way of life gained him a notorious reputation.He became so famous, in fact, that he was portrayed in the iconic football hooligan film The Rise of the Foot Soldier.Bill told the Anything Goes with James English podcast that.

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