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Soul Crew: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Hooligan Gang | 
 enlarge | Authors: David Jones, Tony Rivers
Publisher: Milo Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 338626
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1903854083
Dewey Decimal Number: 303
EAN: 9781903854082
ASIN: 1903854083
Publication Date: June 1, 2003
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 Not much to this book. August 12, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am very disappointed in this book. It was poorly written. On and on throughout the whole book, all you heard about is we went here and we went there and sent this group or that group legging. All I ended up with from the book is a bunch of fractured ideas of a group that travels to football games. Ramblings on and on throughout the whole work - sure, at times there was good information, but it was never expanded on, ever. I want to know what the culture of the 'Soul Crew' was in depth. I want to know the feelings, the thoughts and the personalities of group members. I wanted description and tales of what goes on in such a group and all I got at best was a tiny tiny glimpse. It was a roller coaster throughout the whole book, they would just start to get interesting and then switch to a new topic and fizzle out the reading momentum. The authors say things like they were called the Soul Crew because most of the members deeply liked soul music and then they trail off to something totally different leaving the reader to ask why. What are the connections as to why the Soul Crew likes soul music? There needed to be some depth! This book could have been so much better! The topic is most interesting indeed! I really don't fault the authors for trying - but I must say, for 214 pages of reading I don't believe I got my money's worth. I'm sorry, but I can't recommend this book to others unless it is redone with a professional.
 Why The Welsh Are Crap At Rugby September 30, 2003
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
Engagingly told story of the violence as a pastime escapades of the Welsh soccer team Cardiff City's Soul Crew. There is a self-deprecating honesty to the book, since Tony and his hooligan mates don't win all their confrontations, and admit to being intimidated by opponents on several occasions. The designer label name dropping exemplifies the sartorial obsessions of the hooligan Casual scene, which appear to be as important as kicking the daylights out of some "up for it" blokes from another firm. The peculiar phenomenon of organized gangs of men (many into their 40s) attacking each other as a sport, in the name of a sport will strike many as repugnant and nihilistic. The sociologists and assorted boffins who attempt to mitigate this behavior by apportioning blame to 'lack of opportunities' and other throwaway vacuous slogans miss the point. Gangs like the Soul Crew exist purely because their members find acts of mass violence thrilling and cathartic. Tony Rivers & David Jones eloquently make this clear.
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