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I remember in the late 60s being racially bashed , as i have an olive complextion...Made mates of most of the skins involved thereafter ...

 
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I got racially bashed once too - even though I am a caucasian. I was in the butchers and bought a string of sausages. However, the butcher had no plastic bags left so I decided to carry them home on my head.....wrapping the sausages around my bonce. On the way home, I was literally bushwacked in a bush by some Millwall Bushwackers in Shepherd's Bush who mistook the sausage headwear for a Sikh turban. I recieved two black eyes like a panda....and some broken ribs for good measure. That said, I did allow myself a wry chuckle when I realised the irony in that most of the Sikh people I know are vegetarians so would never wear a sausage turban. I hope this irony was not lost on The Bushwackers and they also enjoyed a whimsical grin.

Back on track, does anybody else think that McIntyre was the totally wrong man for the documentary? He is a pretty camp Southern Irishman....and he was chosen to infiltrate a group of meathead, far right British Loyalists. A really bizarre choice....and he was useless too. Like when he fainted whilst getting that tiny Chelsea tattoo.....and had to teach himself how to smoke properly like Tucker Jenkins in The Grange Hill bike sheds. Or when Laudrup scored in Copenhagen and he didn't know how to celebrate. He looked like a Dad at a wedding reception trying to dance. Truly pathetic. It was like watching Cliff Richards trying to infiltrate the Hell's Angels.

And some of the pious comments on here about the show have gotten on my t1ts. Sure, Mariner is hardly going to make sparkling dinner conversation....and the man is clearly a bit of a tool......but to say he isn't a proper Chelsea fan just cause he has been involved in violence is farcical. He has been to far more Chelsea matches than the majority of people on this website....back when we had a mediocre team too. I think the Police spend too much time and money on this sort of thing. As Carlshalton Blue points out, Mariner got 6 years without even throwing a punch. What did he do? Walk around gesticulating a bit....and make a few off comments? F*** me....have the Police not got more important things to crack down on? You could set fire to a baby and throw it in The Thames and receive less of a stretch in the clink.

 
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I love all Blues fans .May they be law abiding fans or hooligans...As far as im concerned they all do their thing under what they consider is their chelsea banner...I certainly wouldnt coat any of the more action seeking boys off..Im sure too that some of the comments made by some here wouldnt be said if they were in front of you...Peace n love between ALL Blues

 
BernardLambourde said:
I got racially bashed once too - even though I am a caucasian. I was in the butchers and bought a string of sausages. However, the butcher had no plastic bags left so I decided to carry them home on my head.....wrapping the sausages around my bonce. On the way home, I was literally bushwacked in a bush by some Millwall Bushwackers in Shepherd's Bush who mistook the sausage headwear for a Sikh turban. I recieved two black eyes like a panda....and some broken ribs for good measure. That said, I did allow myself a wry chuckle when I realised the irony in that most of the Sikh people I know are vegetarians so would never wear a sausage turban. I hope this irony was not lost on The Bushwackers and they also enjoyed a whimsical grin.

Back on track, does anybody else think that McIntyre was the totally wrong man for the documentary? He is a pretty camp Southern Irishman....and he was chosen to infiltrate a group of meathead, far right British Loyalists. A really bizarre choice....and he was useless too. Like when he fainted whilst getting that tiny Chelsea tattoo.....and had to teach himself how to smoke properly like Tucker Jenkins in The Grange Hill bike sheds. Or when Laudrup scored in Copenhagen and he didn't know how to celebrate. He looked like a Dad at a wedding reception trying to dance. Truly pathetic. It was like watching Cliff Richards trying to infiltrate the Hell's Angels.

And some of the pious comments on here about the show have gotten on my t1ts. Sure, Mariner is hardly going to make sparkling dinner conversation....and the man is clearly a bit of a tool......but to say he isn't a proper Chelsea fan just cause he has been involved in violence is farcical. He has been to far more Chelsea matches than the majority of people on this website....back when we had a mediocre team too. I think the Police spend too much time and money on this sort of thing. As Carlshalton Blue points out, Mariner got 6 years without even throwing a punch. What did he do? Walk around gesticulating a bit....and make a few off comments? F*** me....have the Police not got more important things to crack down on? You could set fire to a baby and throw it in The Thames and receive less of a stretch in the clink.
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Try being a ginger Englishman at a England v Scotland match lol!

All joking aside going back to sentences for football lads compared to other criminal acts some of the jail terms being dished out nowdays are a joke compared to others, only yesterday i read in a paper how 4 women were given only 22 months after torturing & slashing their friend & then posting pics of their victim on facebook, the victim was punched, gagged & threatened to having her fingers chopped off & being burned with acid, yet only talking about football violence got JM 6 yrs, then there's the lads who got 2yrs for waving their arms about in the Cardiff set up, great British justice for you eh.

 
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I agree, it seemed to begin with the skinhead 'revival' in the late 70's. The 'skin's' of the late 70's really pissed me off, as they had no real connection with the original skins of the late 60's.

Skins in the late 60's/early 70's weren't racist, listened to reggae, ska & Motown, and dressed stylishly - Ben Sherman, Brutus, Sta-Prest, Squires Brogues, we were the f*ckin' business! A lot of skinhead gangs were multi-racial, and wouid fight anyone who fancied their chances, using just fists and boots, great days.

Generally speaking, the 'skins' of the late 70's were racist, and had no fashion sense at all. I've no idea where the Nazi sh*te came from, but I can say categorically that by no means all Chelsea fans agreed with it or participated in it.
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Agree I think the other thing a lot of people forget is how we were very much the armed forces team of choice in that era due to Chelsea Baraccks etc. This coupled with links to Ulster and how racisit the army was at the time put petrol on that fire .It was very easy for young squaddies to turn up and be part of the action . Let's face it they were all well up for it if it kicked off

 
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I never saw the Football Factory.I'll watch it now and deliver my review in 1hr 27mins.

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I never saw the Football Factory.I'll watch it now and deliver my review in 1hr 27mins.

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I expect it to be sh*te
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The films okay but as usual the book is much better in fact all of Mr Kings books are well worth a read

 
The 70s and 80s were the decades I followed Chelsea on a regular basis. First went to the Bridge in 1972 as a 15 year old and spent the next two decades following Chelsea. What memories I have from those days. Had some great times and made many good friends. Some I am still in contact with although most only go to Chelsea a couple of times a season now if at all. In those days we followed Chelsea everywhere. Yes, we were part of a scene that would occasionally spill over into violence. It wasn't just Chelsea. At an away game there was plenty of opposition looking to have a go at us. It was a case of sticking together and being better than the other mob, which in those days we usually were. I honestly don't recall racism being a big part of it. I know the media portrayed Chelsea fans as being racist and neo-nazi but it was greatly exaggerated. To us it was all about being Chelsea. It was who you supported that mattered, not what colour you were. It is almost impossible to explain to anyone who was not around at that time what it was like. I guess if you were not there you are never going to understand. Yes in those days we could mix it. But it was against others who were looking for it. For those who have only experienced attending football in the Sky Sports era, they would never understand. Stadiums full of plastic seats, tourists and crap atmospheres. It's far removed from the game I fell in love with as a young boy. The thing that pisses me off is when those who were not there pass judgement and stick the racist tag on all of the Chelsea mob from back then. And to say they were not real Chelsea supporters. Unlike some of the plastic glory hunters who go now, we followed Chelsea through the hard times. There were no FA Cups, Premier League titles or Champions League to entice us each season. I remember relegation battles, save the Bridge campaign, standing in the Shed, sitting on benches in the West Stand, having a ruck on the North Stand, football specials (cattle trucks more like), Bates wanting to electrocute those in Gate 13...........and it was f-cking brilliant. Best time of my life. It was not about racism. I still go now. Have a season ticket in the Mathew Harding Upper. It's great that we are winning things now. But I wonder how many of the newbies would hang around if leaner times returned.

 
I can't believe people 'condemn things Chelsea' that happened years ago and are part of our history.

Unless you were there back then you cannot 'feel' what it was like and the press to this day continue

to blow 'everything Chelsea' out of proportion so just think for a moment what it was like back then.

Chelsea was everything about my youth, defeats outweighed victories, but the 'buzz' of being a

Chelsea fan could never be matched by rival teams.

Yes there was trouble, plenty of 'aggro' but you could steer clear of it, but above all you had an 'untouchable

aura' about you when going to away games in particular.

The mid seventies onward and early eighties were the days I met so many Chels it was unreal.

The terrible times to many outsiders were the happiest days to me.

As a lot of you have said - and I quote 'OldGuard'

There were no FA Cups, Premier League titles or Champions League to entice us each season. I remember relegation battles, save the Bridge campaign, standing in the Shed, sitting on benches in the West Stand, having a ruck on the North Stand, football specials (cattle trucks more like), Bates wanting to electrocute those in Gate 13...........and it was f-cking brilliant. Best time of my life.

 
Id like to point in the direction of an E.P (yep vinyl)..Ive pitched it before but want to again...If someone knows what they are doing, and look up an EP by jimmy pursey and SHAM 69,which has tracks such as HERSHAM BOYS, KIDS ARE UNITED, IM A MAN < IM A BOY ETC, which i think is called HERSHAM BOYS EP, you will see for yourselves some well known chelsea firm on the front cover with Pursey, all having a beer somewhere in hersham...The reason i pull this and hoping someone can find it is coz i knew some of these chelsea boys in early to late 70s..LODDER (bear as he was known) is the guy in the jumper on the right .(but) the main reason is for this era youll notice some non white Bovver brothers..This will show that it wasnt all racism in those greatly missed days, and please notice the garb..For you youngsters, Notice HARINGTONS, LEVI STAYPRESS ETC..youngboys, you aint lived the proper chelsea life

 
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found it.....chelsea boys...black n white together....Bet BLUEBEARD will remember some of these chaps

 
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I've very much enjoyed reading these stories of the Chelsea support and supporters in days of not that long ago.

 
i would have to admit,my favourate era has to be late 70s to late 80s.The original Headhunters were definatly not racist,and whilst im not condoning the rucks,before the tools came out and the nazi idiots,it was my favourate time,when the club actually appreciated the working class supporters,and i include The Headhunters in that as they went everywhere with the club.

 
Unless you were there you would not be able to grasp the experience of following the Blues, we rarely won an away game yet masses would travel to far flung corners of England knowing that the attendance would be an experience of one sort or another, even when we were banned.

I am certainly not worried about past eras, it was part of our history and even though we won sod all I thoroughly enjoyed nearly all of it.

 
Alive & Kicking, Munich 2012

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I wanna see these boys at White Fart Lane and at Upton Park. Ugly guys eh!

 
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