Congratulations You Have Just Met the ICF - They Have Style, They Have Violence... The Intercity Firm Are All Your Worst Nightmares Come True

'People didn't talk about the team, they talked about the mob that came with them'

Terrifyingly vicious, brilliantly organised, tremendously feared and highly fashionable, the InterCity Firm were the most notorious football hooligan gang the country had ever seen.

Bestselling author Cass Pennant was one of the I.C.F.'s best-known figures and has used his unique position as a West Ham insider to bring together these first-hand accounts of the men who were at the eye of storm, both on and off the terraces.

In this classic account of football hooliganism at its terrifying height, all the faces of the West Ham firm reveal their memories and thoughts about the violence, the battles, the campaigns, the run-ins with the authorities, and all that came with it.

Congratulations, you are just about to meet the I.C.F...

About the author

Cass Pennant is a writer and film producer based in London. He has written ten football fan-related books, five of which have been UK Top Ten bestsellers, and is one of Britain's leading commentators on football hooliganism. Books he has written or co-authored include: Cass; Congratulations, You Have Just Met The I.C.F; Want Some AGGRO?; Rolling With The 657 Crew; Good Afternoon Gentlemen, The Name is Bill Gardner; Legends of the Firm (first published as Terrace Legends); his latest, You're Going Home in a F*cking Ambulance, was published in2022. Cass was adapted into the British cult film of the same name in 2008, directed by Jon S. Baird and starring Nonso Anozie in the title role, and Oscar-winner Daniel Kaluuya as Young Cass.

Summary

'People didn't talk about the team, they talked about the mob that came with them'Terrifyingly vicious, brilliantly organised, tremendously feared and highly fashionable, the InterCity Firm were the most notorious football hooligan gang the country had ever seen.

Product details

• Authors: Cass Pennant
• Publisher: Bonnier Books UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781789460728
• ISBN: 978-1-78946-072-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 331 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; London, Greater London, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, TRUE CRIME / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Biography: sport, Violence in society, c 1970 to c 1979, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Crime & criminology, c 1980 to c 1989, Violence and abuse in society, Ball games