Product Description

Nicky Allt was a penniless teenager from the tough Kirkby district of Liverpool who wanted something more, when no one would employ him. In the late 70s that meant clothes, music and Liverpool FC. He joined a young scallywag crew who dressed different, spoke different and met at the Anfield Road End. Their travels would become legend as the Reds conquered Europe. The Road Enders were a bunch of blaggers and fighters to whom every No Entry sign was a challenge and every price tag a joke. They criss-crossed the continent, causing havoc in their wake - and had a whale of a time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16461 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Synopsis
Nicky Allt was a skint teenager from the tough Kirkby district of Liverpool who wanted something more when no-one would 'gizza job'. And in the late Seventies that meant clothes, music - and Liverpool FC. He joined a young scallywag crew who dressed different, spoke different and gathered not on the Kop but at the Anfield Road End. Their travels would become legend as the Reds conquered Europe. The Road Enders were a motley assortment of jibbers, blaggers and fighters to whom every no-entry sign was a challenge and every price tag a joke. They criss-crossed the Continent with Adidas bags and a few quid between them, joking, thieving, fighting and 'bunking in' to every match - and had the times of their lives. Now in mass-market paperback format, The Boys From the Mersey is the authentic voice of the sharpest, roughest and funniest bunch of football lads around and the inside account of how they changed the face of terrace culture.

Customer Reviews

Good fun
This was a fun read, nothing more and nothing less. I`m a massive red fan, if you like reading thrillers, read Soft Target by Conrad Jones, its a terrorist plot set in Liverpool, Anfield. Brilliant read.

the boys from the mersey review
if this the same book that was in the local libuary but is in a different cover now
the book is worth buying just too read about the soho insident(passports)
etc
the gang rape and the tragic loss of lifes in sheffield are not nice too read about and found it pretty grim, but thats the real world its not all ways nice
but back too the soho insident i was crying my eyes out for hours it was that funny!
many thanks
nicky please write another book please !!!

Absolute Gem
This book transported me back to the late 70's & 80's. Superbly written.
I have not read anything that captures the time as good as this book manages to. I agreed with most of what he wrote about the footy and the politics of the time. This is a 'must read' for every scouser..even the blue ones may enjoy it!!