The infamous Inter City Firm, or ICF, became a mainstay of the hoolie-lit boom of the mid-noughties. West Ham's violent Saturdays were recalled in memoirs and immortalised in gritty movies that ...

FOOTBALL hooliganism was once so rife in Britain that it was known as “the English disease” — with weekly clashes outside grounds and fences put up to separate bloodthirsty thugs from the pitch. And ...

The first professional match I ever saw was West Ham vs. Cardiff City in Cardiff, 2003. It was at a time when the Hammers had been relegated. The entire day, there was an enormous police presence ...

A West Ham United academy coach and one-time Arsenal youth coach who once made ends meet as a London cabbie has spoken on his past life as an Inter City Firm (ICF) hooligan. Back in the ...

A FORMER football hooligan has revealed his radical life change from prison time to movie production and working with an Oscar winner. Cass Pennant, 65, ran one of the most feared firms in the country ...

Former West Ham striker Tony Cottee has lifted the lid about a time a hooligan from one of West Ham's biggest firms stormed the team's dressing room after a bad result...read full article ...

A MAN who was once one of the UK’s most notorious football hooligans turned his life around to become a bestselling author and cult movie star. Carlton Leach, 64, built up an infamous reputation for ...

10:10, Wed, May 7, 2025 Updated: 10:15, Wed, May 7, 2025 A former West Ham hooligan named a firm that made him run for his life during an unexpectedly dangerous away day. Mark Phillips has been a ...

West Ham United were having a nightmare pre-season in 1985, and things reached boiling point when a member of the notorious Inter City Firm barged into the dressing room...read full article ...