Football violence in the 80s became more sinister, you literally put your own life in your hands going to the match, every young lad wanted to be a football hooligan it was that cool, and the adrenaline was awesome

"They were publicly exposing themselves. And I mean really exposing themselves." BRILLIANT!!

Really good - enjoyed watching that.

First generation to not experience war, but we were brought up to believe that aggression, courage and the ability to fight were admirable qualities. We were potential soldiers without a war. Not too difficult to understand.

The 1st recorded instances of football hooliganism in the modern game occurred in the 1880s in England, In 1885, after Preston North End beat Aston Villa 5-0 in a friendly match, both teams were pelted with stones, attacked with sticks, punched, kicked and spat at. One Preston player was beaten so severely that he lost consciousness and press reports at the time described the fans as "howling roughs"

My first game was in 1976 when I was 11. I'm ashamed to say I was swept along with it all until I realised just how foolish it was at the age of 21, haven't been to a football match since. Being young and impressionable I looked up to these people. Must say that the police didn't help, they inflamed it. I, myself, was beaten up by police at the age of 13. Saw them hitting people indiscriminately with their truncheons. One of my mates was held down on the floor whilst a policeman on horseback got the horse to back over his legs. I still have so many images in my head of the violence on all sides. The people that like to glorify those dark days are so sad. What team I supported is not important. Everyone was as bad as everyone else. Still have so much guilt for the things I did.

Being a Youth growing up in 70s & 80s, knowing we were only 4 mins away from Nuclear Armageddon is it a surprise we wanted to get drunk and fight likeminded people? Made a change from Politics and Poverty and War films on a Weekend afternoon TV followed by Antiques Roadshow & Songs of Praise

I was live at Chorlton, Manchester in 1970’s which is middle between Maine Road and Old Trafford, seen many hooligans being chased & fights every Saturday. Scary that.

Good to see Dave Hill of Slade getting interviewed by Maggie. Go on Dave... Give us a goal..!

Harry the Dog A legend

Excellent tv show. I remember it well.

Brilliant video

yea we were at old Trafford in January - it is now a library

Considering the amount of print and video on the subject, that's the first time I heard the theory this presenter espouses. Before you laugh, it's fairly valid when you think about it. I completely forgot, despite the terracing that made grounds have larger capacities than they do today, that attendance had fallen. That vacuum of less dads and granddads is at least a unique take on it all.

First Millwall away game outside London v Portsmouth 30th November, 1968 . Exactly 51 years ago tomorrow. I was wondering would The Lions turn up. Parked the car 1/2 mile from Fratton Park and I could hear them inside the ground from the car ! lol Got in the old end and there were Millwall occupying both the up and down sections of the 2-tier home stand singing " Knees Up Mother Brown"....:) As always away we lost , 3/0 on this occasion.....

that was great cheers

RIP Bobby Moore

Funny how Liverpool supporters get vilified for Heysel but a lot of people glorify this era and revel in it, double standards.

garden centres can be extremely dangerous at weekend,,,,,,,its tribal,,,,,some of us go to be part of the crowd, accepted by are neighbours and workmates,,,,,others are in to the potted plants, whilst a rival group may prefer the outdoor plants and wooden benches. It tends to kick off in the tea room around 4pm.

Was a kinda fashion,tribal,your town/city versus another,taking their main end......made going to football really exciting,gave it that edge......great days

Alan Ball would be the biggest super star now, a brilliant player...

The 1970s were very violent in general, TV news was Vietnam, Ireland, Baader-Meinhof Gang, none stop industrial action, mass picketing, cops totally out of control and no CCTV anywhere, if you ran away you got away with it, and football was part of the violence, back then you could get caught fighting in a ground and get thrown out then pay at another turnstile to get back in, I once argued with a gate Stewart that I got thrown out for no reason and he let me back in free. shoppers would clear the streets ready for when the game was about to end at 4-45, football grounds become a stage for young men to prove their self's, are grounds better now, I hope so, it was dark, damp, smelly, cold, brutal, and being treated like cattle is not fun, I blame the owners and cops, Hillsborough proved that, Hillsborough happened every weekend but no one usually died,

1970's and 80's the good ol'days

7:08 Subterraneans by David Bowie

The appalling state of British stadia was a major factor in the breakdown in the 1970s. Many people would not attend them as the facilities were so bad. They were still largely Victorian.

You can't beat old 70s hooligan footage ! , ,,,,,,,

At 0:52, a Ron Manager/Alec Stock-styled "Mmm, isn't it?" would have fit nicely. Marvelous.

07:50, Interesting observation. I can recall in 1975 being in the 'Scratching Sheds' at Bloomfield Rd (Blackpool). We were in our mid teens and were being slowly and casually surrounded by a bunch of very aggressive Sunderland 'supposed' supporters. Then these men in their mid 30's to mid 40's all dressed in workman's clothes (in those days I guess they were builders straight from work via the chip shop) kind of started to group around us, telling us just to not react and be sensible. Seeing these men in their donkey jackets etc the Sunderland 'yobs' sidled away looking very shifty. I have never forgotten this.

'They even ransacked the Wolves club shop'. Now I hate football violence with a passion, but couldn't help laughing at that.

Yes, I remember these terrible times back in the 70's, every week there was hooligans spoiling the real fans day out & in some cases there were clubs who just let it happen. Nearly turned me away from the great game back then, thank God it's a safer place to gather these days ....

is there any more depressing sight than trying to have a quiet pre-match pint near the ground and half listening to some guy in his late forties, still wearing fred perry, now stretched over his fat beer belly, banging on about awaydays like he is still a "lad".

santana with the opening song!

B&Q and HomeBase have got a lot to answer for, it seems.

I suppose there was a sudden rise in violence at garden centres. old blokes tooled up with hedge clippers and hose pipes

Wish i could live through late 60s 70s and 80s

MIB yes feared know one, went on a few away days with them

" If some dirty northern ponce spits on me I will put a pint glass in his face ! " Bobby.. MILLWALL circa 1970's as was that coach avec Harry Le Chien.... I followed Millwall all over the Country then from Plymouth to Carlisle and 78 grounds in between. First game Sept.1962 and never once involved..though I DID have to think quickly on my feet on many occasions ! lol

The late 70s were the heyday of mass uncontrolled violence. The 80s saw it become far more organised and direct. For me the 70s were the most dangerous, at times it was out of control madness.

1.45 friendly type hey, nice guy, he is what the game is about , fair play sportsmanship a quality fella.

Some of the stuff that happened was truly terrible and should never be repeated, but what a fuckin buzz it was supporting your team!

When I saw the Sex Pistols and the Ramones in Hollywood in I believe it was 1977 as a sophomore highschooler who was tired of the establishment led zeppelin, journey, rock genre and Donna Summer disco direction I was playing soccer instead of traditional American football and had lots of street vices and I WISHED WE over across the pond had Hooliganism!!! Fanaticism is pure emotion.. Football fans will save the world! Go Ajax... Reds v Barca ..

The Clash - What's my name

Great days oh yeah .

What is the name of the original TV show this clip was taken from? Was it made by the BBC?

Some of this footage is from the 80's. Some of the lads were wearing Fila BJ tracksuit tops.

Good old days! Ha ha!

...knives, scissors and i believe i saw a brush on that picture!!:)

good afternoon! I could say no as it is called the song on the video?

Pretty good assessment remember 70's and 80's very well...united had numbers if you ran at em they would leg it; there were some serious firms about. Millwall, West Ham, Leeds, Stoke, Boro, Bristol City & Rovers, Cambridge had a field day against us (Went for scarfers though) to name but a few

i love the 'weapons' they always show in these documentaries i know knifes were used by some firms. I guess an axe was used by some nutter in the 70s on the vast majority of times nobody had /used weapons

@ 1.29 theres a scene what looks like man u fans running across the street at tudor rd, cardiff, is this the famous off from 74? is there anymore footage anywhere?

funny how at the end it says against modern football which implies the maker of the video wants 1970s hooliganism back

Never bring a hairbrush to an axe fight

such a shame how the FA has killed english football. AMF!

The good old days 🤗

Were the dayz when people used to go to football to watch football. Such a shame!!!!!!

The good old days

If it was still like this we wouldn't have been invaded like we have been.

what is the name of the song that appears in the video and is about manchester united?

He's clearly not a brummy, and he'd be a yammy at any rate

The good old days. When the fans were to blame for the hooliganism...not the police.

man utd have never been the most feared

Thankfully I was a kid in the 70s and 80s otherwise I probably wouldn't have gone to some games. I saw some trouble but kids weren't a target thankfully

Good old days. Went to a fight and a game broke out.

Hopefully coming back to the U.K. soon

Pause at 2:17. Are my eyes deceiving me, or is Granny in the blue coat there getting involved in the action??

White baggies-forgotten about those!

Let the boots reign and the batons reign down on the enemies heads

1965 man u ran down green STREET, west ham, smashed all shops windows etc on way to ground. That kicked it off big style. Next time west ham were waiting for them. Then Arsenal spurs etc. Fan segregation did not exist then. Up until late 80s you could go anywhere in a ground. Seating killed it. But man u started the whole thing off and were quickly followed by all clubs fans.

spot on from a Salford red. remember Newcastle smashing the gates out from the away end under K stand, then trying to get back in after they had seen what waiting for them across the forecourt after the match.

i wont be too sure bwt that last season organised fight happened between the banned milwall fans from our ground and burnley lads not far from stadium and same happened away at milwall other than that just fights in big games nwt major though

Didn't see a metal comb there always had man in my wranglers

Am a jock but fair play English mobs where pretty crazy most of them in the 70s/80s

At 1.28, it's Cardiff. I recognise the 'Brains Beer' bridge as I live literally around the corner. This was Cardiff v Man U in 74' where there was considerable violence all day. The scene shows Man U's mob running back to the train station.

I remember when man utd would row the cockney reds..back in the day.. R.I.P Denton the bear... Arsenal R.I.P Millwall... TINY R.I.P Big Bird... Birmingham city R.I.P one eye Baz Birmingham city... 🇯🇲🇬🇧💯❤️

My dad used to go and see wolves in the 50s and 60s but he stopped when the Braindead brigade took over as he used to call them

This is what happens when your country stops the call up, stops hanging, and the cane in school.

I went to see Leeds Utd in 1975 as I was a fan, my first football game, and I could not believe it, I nearly got hit by a glass bottle from one of the fans in the Cop of Leeds Utd, and it hit a lad in front of me, cutting his head open. This is not "the beautiful game". I never went to a football match again.

Beware the hairbrush, it was used by Aunty Agnes, she would capture hooligans, brush their hair good and HARD whilst telling them off........THEN what every man fears - out comes the hanky for a public spit-wash!!!!! Hard as nails our Aunty Agnes - She never lost a fight! ...... Legend!

People always ask why did clubs allow them in the ground. At the time attendance at most clubs was so low they needed the money from the gate to stay alive.

they stood in the street exposing themselfs,the next week all the women from work turned up to visit me at 2.45 pm,cant think why.

We should all rise up against the government.....power to the people

Who the fuck would Rob the Dingles FC corner shop

como es el nombre de la canción que aparece en este vídeo !

Chelsea fans that ran through innocent groups of people ( elderly folk, women and children) punching and kicking but not stopping! The bravado of a running mob of cowards!

I agree! Weapons are for cowards!

Leeds away - proper day out for us City lads

whats this documentry ?

I have love Man Utd all my life, the last time I went to a match was 1970, Man Utd v Bloody dirty Leeds. The team were dirty, the fans were so indescribable I'll not bother.

the hoolies made footy what it is today. people die things had to change..

WTF , what DIY and Garden Centres ? They were not around in the 1970's

The good old days before Sky and prawn sandwiches.

'Raw tribal aggression' - well we are an island race, fighting has kinda shaped Britain over centuries

Today you have solicitors estate agents every walk of life I aint justifying violence its wrong but the reasons run deep its in our blood its the warrior gene where ever there are brits they will fight They like to fight you will never change it yes its wrong but you ask anyone of them theyll tell you they enjoy a battle Its no good slagging them off without looking into the reason they do it Throughout history all weve done is fight im 55 we as kids all has action men then everybody had a .22 air rifle we hunted small game and tin cans and bottles no one can tell me fighting is not in our blood We are a warrior nation history made is such We must look into why people fight but we can not stop it Think this are crews better fighting each other or beating up old ladies in the.street Again it is an outlet for agression Its no good saying join up or get gloves on it wont happen Fighting at football will never stop all you can do is look to why it happen I for one do not condone violence at football but i understand why it happens

You were showing a lot of rangers and celtic clips even though it says england in the title

That women when they stood in the Street exposing themselves it took her 3 Hours to look away

The trouble with Leeds fans is they have a very slanted view when it comes to Man United (as I'm sure you well know). Back in the 70's and 80's United had a crew alright and one that came to Leeds as well as West Ham, Birmingham and Middlesbrough etc. But I do agree with you it was pure weight of numbers a lot of the time. Like many firms they had their good and bad days! By the way 'plastics' are normally people who gob it off in the work places and pubs but never actually go!

fa didnt kill football sky sports did video killed the terraces star

Lovely bit of Pink Floyd from 02:40

Great Days