First published in 1989, STEAMING IN is now acknowledged as the definitive account of terrace life in the 1970s and ’80s. Unvarnished, unflinching, it tells the story of Colin Ward’s experiences at Arsenal, Chelsea and England matches, at home and away. From Highbury to Luxembourg, Turin and Istanbul, Ward charts…
Chris Henderson formed the Chelsea Headhunters as well as the band Combat 84, the antithesis of middle-class England with its raw, uncut lyrics of punk and the thoughts of George Orwell. While the bands never acheived any lasting fame, the same could not be said of the Chelsea fans who…
Throughout the 70s and early 80s English football hooligans wreaked havoc throughout England and Europe until the authorities decided that enough was enough. Chelsea supporters were targeted, and one man in particular, Steve ‘Hickey’ Hickmott, was deemed to be public enemy number one and arrested. This explosive story, told in…
