"Among the Thugs" by Bill Buford

This book does not deal with the violence and the gangs in the streets, in fact it s a book about the hooligan - scene before and after football - matches. The main person is the author himself, who wants to get to know and analyse the reasons for violence. He spends some time with violent football fans to know why they behave like that.

Bill is waiting for his train at a station outside Cardiff. Suddenly he hears an announcement over the loudspeaker, where he is told that football supporters from Liverpool have taken over the train. One of these supporters even falls out of the train because it is so crowded. Outside he gets arrested by some overreacting policemen, who brutally beat him on the ground. The supporters of the football team are mostly drunk, they are in the position of doing everything they want. There are a lot of armed policemen waiting outside, but they can't really do something against the many football - fans.
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