Undercover Millwall hooligan had to ‘windmill’ his way out of 8,000 Arsenal fans

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Arsenal fans while masquerading as a Millwall supporter.Bannon was part of a covert police sting focusing on the major football hooligan firms, bringing anarchy and violence stadium concourses during the 1980s.

At the young age of 21-years-old, Bannon was entrusted with the infiltration of infamous Millwall hooligan group ‘The Millwall Bushwackers’, posing as a painter and decorator with a thirst for football fracases.Predictably, Bannon found himself in many scary situations, whether it was his cover being blown at the worst possible times, or having to face down a 150 strong mob of opposing football hooligans.

However, Bannon barely had to take a second to think when he was asked to name the most frightening situation he found himself in.Read More: Brighton star admits Chelsea transfer would be 'dream' as he eyes Graham Potter reunion “Arsenal North Bank, as a Millwall supporter, which is the home end,” Bannon said on the ‘Anything Goes with James English' podcast.” “I was with a guy from the pub and 15 of the biggest f****** I’ve ever seen - I’d never seen them before.“They went ‘you, come with us’ so I went with them and so did the sergeant, and the sergeant bottled out, he went and left.

I was on the Terraces with these 15 men, thinking ‘this is only going to end f****** one way’ and they could tell I was nervous.“There was 15 top blokes and me, surrounded by 8000 Arsenal fans and then they started singing ‘no one likes us, we don’t care’, in the middle of the Arsenal North Bank.