Good Afternoon Gentlemen, The Name's Bill Gardner

Paperback, 288 pages

English language

Published Oct. 1, 2006 by John Blake.

ISBN:
978-1-84454-261-1
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OCLC Number:
69486100

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He arrived to rally the troops, the main man in the Inter City Firm and his greeting passed into football fan history. "Afternoon, gentlemen, the name's Bill Gardner." That introduction alone was often enough to provoke sheer terror in his opponents. He is a genuine legend to anyone who's ever stood proud on a football terrace. No serious book on the culture would be complete without at least one mention of him. And now at last, he's telling his own, long-awaited story. For the first time, Gardner himself reveals what made him the top man, including his innermost thoughts and his memories of the classic years for football fans. And many familiar faces have queued up to add their comments in this book which shows just what it is that makes Bill Gardner unique among the toughest and the greatest of them all.

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Lots of stories with no background about a football hooligan

I put this one in my queue to learn more about football hooliganism. Bill Gardner was a major hooligan in the 70s-80s in England, supporter West Ham FC.

It wasn't really what I was hoping for. It contained lots of inside jargon and took for advantage that you knew some of the stuff I was looking to learn. Plenty of interesting stories from Bill and his compatriots, and a few of his foes. If you are already familiar with the existence of Bill and the world of hooliganism it would probably be a good read.

It was written by Bill and another football supporter, not literary geniuses. All-and-all, OK.

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Subjects

  • Biography: sport
  • Soccer (Association football)
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Hooliganism -- Football -- England
  • Football -- West Ham United
  • Sports History -- (1970s-2000s)