
He was never arrested for hooliganism, and states that he stopped getting involved in match day violence when hooligans started using knives and clubs, adding "When they started filling squeezable Vicks bottles with ammonia, I just thought, that's enough, I'm out of this." A further ten books have followed and their success has established him as a leading authority on the issues of football and lad culture.īrimson is a supporter of Watford F.C.

The book examined the culture of football and football hooliganism from the inside.

After 18 years service with the Royal Air Force, including both the Falklands War and the first Gulf War, the ex-Sergeant engineer’s literary career began in 1996 when he wrote a book based on his own experiences as a football casual entitled, Everywhere We Go: Behind the Matchday Madness.
