Episode 1
With a new generation of young football fans responsible for a trebling of violent incidents since 2007, this film follows three of Britain's youth football firms across a season.
A new generation of young British football fans is responsible for trebling violent incidents since 2007. Last season the police clamped down on football-related public disorder with 600 new football banning orders and nearly 3,000 arrests. This documentary follows Britain's youth football firms across the 2013/14 season.
The film features members of three firms - Man City's Blazing Squad, Spurs' Yid Army and Bury's Interchange Riot Squad - and follows them home and away to tell the inside story of why a new group of young men are engaged in football-related violence, even though the clubs obviously don't condone their actions. They allow us into their lives to meet their families and girlfriends, and show the secretive network of organised fights that take place every week.
We meet 18-year-old Paul, studying engineering at college, who has been in Bury FC's firm since he was 16. Aaron is 17 years old and the new recruit who wants to join Manchester City's youth firm. The firm is run by Carl, who at 24 is the top boy and has a banning order that prevents him from watching the club he loves. In London, Dante's dedication to Tottenham Hotspur has resulted in three convictions for football violence. Recently released from prison, he has got engaged to his fiancee Harley. But can she keep him on the straight and narrow?
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The Blazing Squad
Duration: 02:40
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | David Dehaney |
Producer | Mark Rossiter |
Director | Mark Rossiter |
Broadcasts
- Mon 11 Aug 2014 21:00
- Tue 12 Aug 2014 00:30
- Wed 13 Aug 2014 02:00
- Thu 14 Aug 2014 00:50
- Mon 18 Aug 2014 02:00
- Wed 3 Sep 2014 22:00
- Tue 16 Sep 2014 03:00
- Thu 25 Sep 2014 02:50
- Wed 3 Dec 2014 21:00
- Thu 4 Dec 2014 03:00