{"product_id":"running-with-the-firm-my-double-life-as-an-undercover-hooligan-ebook","title":"Running with the Firm: My Double Life as an Undercover Hooligan - EBOOK","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease note this is an Ebook Not a physical copy. Once payment is made we will email you a PDF copy of the book. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'Of course I'm a f**king hooligan, you pr**k. I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan. And, do you know why? Because that's my f**king job.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1995, a film called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI.D.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the ‘generals’ of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe film was so shocking it was hard to believe the mindless events that took place could ever happen in the real world. Well, believe it now...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost twenty years on, the man behind the film has explosively revealed that the script was largely a true story. That man, James Bannon, was the ambitious undercover cop. The football club was Millwall F.C. and the gang that he infiltrated was The Bushwackers, among the most brutal and fearless in English football.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRunning with the Firm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Bannon shares his intense and dangerous journey into the underworld of football hooliganism where sickening levels of violence prevail over anything else. He introduces you to the hardest thugs from football’s most notorious gangs, tells all about the secret and almost comical police operations that were meant to bring them down, and, how once you’re on the inside, getting out from the mob proves to be the biggest mission of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA disturbing but compelling read, this is the book that proves fact really is stranger than fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Net Bargains","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57618638537078,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/3489\/5990\/files\/915VZOn5oNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775457622","url":"https:\/\/netbargains.co.uk\/products\/running-with-the-firm-my-double-life-as-an-undercover-hooligan-ebook","provider":"Net Bargains","version":"1.0","type":"link"}