By the start of the 1980s a new image for the football hooligan had appeared. The football casual was born; he wore designer labels like Burberry, Pringle and Lacoste, jeans and training shoes.

However, Pearson says it would also be unwise to completely dismiss the role of football hooliganism in modern British politics. “We do need to acknowledge that there is a loose-knit casual ...

Football hooligans don’t have to be gammons, ignorant or ignored. And Britain doesn’t have to be full of Nimbys, benefits porn or us v them. Britain can be whatever we make it. The stage version of ...

Football hooliganism a culture that has spawned books, ... The term 'casuals' is also used after a subculture emerged in the 1980s where gangs wore plain or designer clothes rather than club colours.

Organised hooligan gangs have attached themselves to two-thirds of Scotland's senior clubs, say Police Scotland. And only seven of the 42 SPFL clubs are categorised as having no risk supporters. A ...

It was the clothes of the casuals that first caught the attention of a 17-year-old Khan growing up in Leicester in 1983. ... “I used to be a football hooligan. It wasn’t to big me up.

In 2010, Khan wrote his autobiography called Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual, which recalls his violent past as a football hooligan. A reformed man, his life has been turned into a play ...

Football hooliganism became my life when I was 17 Sarah Ingram. ... Riaz wrote ‘Khan Memoirs of an Asian Casual’ about his life in the Baby Squad (Picture: Riaz Khan) ...

Organised hooligan gangs have attached themselves to two-thirds of Scotland's senior clubs, say Police Scotland. And only seven of the 42 SPFL clubs are categorised as having no risk supporters.