Danny Dyer give it the big ‘un in the Football Factory than have trouble erupt in family friendly environments.Yet the grim reality is that Britain has witnessed some horrific football savagery.
It was particularly prevalent when disorderly behaviour peaked in the 70s and 80s with notorious firms like The Headhunters and the Zulu Warriors causing havoc. READ MORE: Inside violent 'Football Factory' hooligan firms infiltrated by daring undercover agents But the dangerous behaviour has continued to poison the national game in recent times.Below, we hear from some men who know exactly what it feels like to receive and dish out deadly brutality – be it with fists, snooker balls or glass bottles.The reformed hooligans recalled their most memorable fights and gave a chilling insight into the reality of the chaos.First up we have Dante Hawkins – a Spurs fanatic who now supplements his thirst for violence sportingly in a mixed martial arts cage.He grew up in West London and had his first football clash with Portsmouth fans shortly after hitting puberty.But he said the “best fight” happened when a group of just 20 Tottenham fans took on a larger mob of bloodthirsty Wolves supporters.The 32-year-old told James English on his Anything Goes podcast: “We split up into fives so we didn’t attract attention from cameras walking up the road and they (Wolves fans) had got off the train.“They came up to us, I’ve put this bottle straight through this geezer’s nut straight away, I thought I’m going to hurt one of these badly first and set the tone for the day."So I put this bottle through the geezer’s face, right through hard, all the glass had shattered into my hand, cut my hand but his face he went 'agghh' and went back into the melee.
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