Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38396 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 356 pages

Daily Telegraph. Sat July 15th. Reviewer, Tibor Fischer
"The editors of 30 Years Of Hurt claim that it's a social history, and in that they're justified."

Excerpted from 30 Years of Hurt: A History of England's Hooligan Army by Cass Pennant, Andy Nicholls. Copyright © 2006. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
"In a nutshell, England nicked everything and absolutely destroyed the place. It was all a bit of fun, the same thing we've been doing for the past 500 years; march into their country, take the piss, drink all their beer, shag some of their women, and do what we do best - fight people."

Customer Reviews

30 years & it still hurts.
Cass and Andy N have moved the goal posts in this release, out goes the street clashes on England's back streets between the leagues top football gangs and instead we get refreshing but shocking tales of following the national side.

"the Ceasars of Rome would have turned in their graves had they had to behold the spectacle of a blanket of visiting armies banners hanging on the walls of such hallowed ground" - Italy 97.

This book has it all from Scotland wrecking Wembley to the destruction of the German football machine in Munich 2001 and still more...miss this and you miss out!

Not just for the Ingerland band
While there has been a glut of 'hooli' books on the market recently very few have touched on the International scene. That is until now, Thirty Years of hurt has the stories of years of what it meant following the English team abroad. Those featured in the book are not those who were happy to throw around white plastic chairs in the town square chanting 'Inger-laand' these boys are the real McCoy, and whether you like what they have to say or not their tales are compeling. This is a great book which is gritty and true well worth getting, of course being about fortunes of the England team an added bonus for the reader, no penalty shoot out at the end!

Credit where credit is due.........
.....here is a book on the subject actually worth reading more than once!!

There are a number of 'hoolie' books that have been written over the past few years some of which are run of the mill, some are above average and a very few are pure class....this book comes in the latter category.

To me, this is more than just a 'hoolie' book......it's a statement of FACT!!

For years, normal people have been asking various questions like 'why does this happen?' This book will go some way to explaining that, and other, questions.

It tells tales of national pride, friendship and solidarity. It also proves that it's NOT just the football that matters to the 'fan' but comradeship, adventure and the buzz!!

It also goes to prove that bonds of frienship can bloom in the strangest of circumstances and that some rivalries can NEVER die, no matter what is going on.

A top read and goes into my top 5 of this genre of book!