0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains very strong language
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Chelsea versus Paris St Germain at Stamford Bridge...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11one of the most glamorous fixtures in world football...
0:00:11 > 0:00:14THEY CHANT IN FRENCH
0:00:14 > 0:00:16..beamed to hundreds of millions worldwide.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21With football worth over £20 billion a year,
0:00:21 > 0:00:25this is the image they want to sell to the world...
0:00:25 > 0:00:26SIRENS WAIL
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..but there's a darker element lurking close to the surface.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33CLAMOURING AND SCREAMING
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Last year, we revealed the world of the football youth firm.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41The secret clashes held well away from stadiums and CCTV.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This is when you find out whether you're a football fan
0:00:44 > 0:00:45or you're just a civilian.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47It's group violence, it's not one-on-one up the pub.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51But last season, it became more brazen and more public -
0:00:51 > 0:00:56with fighting even breaking out inside the stadiums.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59If anything did kick off, I would stand, I wouldn't run.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01The firms have become more confident.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05THEY CHANT
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Football violence is like heroin.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Once you've had a hit, you're just looking for the next buzz.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14When they see me marching towards them, going nuts,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17they start thinking, "Hold tight, what have we got ourselves into?"
0:01:17 > 0:01:20They're even fighting more on our transport network.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Football's European governing body
0:01:23 > 0:01:26warns of a return to hooliganism's dark days.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28EXPLOSIONS AND CHANTING
0:01:29 > 0:01:31We are a pack, we're a family unit.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33That's what the Wolves are.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35In this film, we follow the new generation
0:01:35 > 0:01:37making a name for themselves...
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Everyone knows, you're looking for trouble, you're going to get it.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42..and seeing how life has fared
0:01:42 > 0:01:45for those who've already made their mark...
0:01:45 > 0:01:48There's a lot goes on between English firms and other firms.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- A pal of mine... - HE LAUGHS
0:01:50 > 0:01:51..he got stabbed up his arse.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54..to see just how far the rules of Football Fight Club
0:01:54 > 0:01:55have now changed.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Girls are supposed to go out and do girlie stuff - I don't.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15The West Midlands is one of football's hotbeds.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17With six clubs all within a 30-mile radius,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20the region is home to some of the most active
0:02:20 > 0:02:21youth firms in the country.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25This here, this is my flat.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29This is where, when I came from Stoke,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31this is where I came.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Look, see that there?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35See that on the wall?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37They're my initials, CD.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I probably done that when I was about nine.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43For Wolverhampton Wanderers fan
0:02:43 > 0:02:45and father-of-two Denny,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47fighting's always been a way of life.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I was, like, the only black geezer in the whole school.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56My mum always made sure I defended myself.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58If I came home crying, she would send me back out.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01She'd be like, "Go outside and fight your battle,"
0:03:01 > 0:03:03you know what I mean? It's always been like that.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05So, when I moved to Wolverhampton,
0:03:05 > 0:03:06it was just like second nature.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11This area's got... It has got a gang problem.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13When I was around 13,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15two of my friends getting killed,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18like, due to knife crime, you know what I mean?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20It's an easy progression to go to gang violence.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I was only 14, 15 when I first started to sway
0:03:25 > 0:03:28towards the football violence element of it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29I started to see these older lads
0:03:29 > 0:03:31dressed nice, you know, the casual stuff.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I started to try and dress like them, you know what I mean?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36And then when you start to dress like them,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38you start wanting to be like them, as well.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41You want something more, it was like a belonging.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Like, for me, to just get my season ticket,
0:03:44 > 0:03:45get my hot chocolate at half-time
0:03:45 > 0:03:48and then watch the game and walk out and go home was not enough for me.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50I just need to do something extra.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58The search for something extra
0:03:58 > 0:04:00has seen Denny rise to become the top boy
0:04:00 > 0:04:02at one of the country's most active youth firms...
0:04:07 > 0:04:10..Wolves Youth, part of the Yam Yam Army.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Wolverhampton's a tough city, you know what I mean?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Everyone knows, you come to Wolverhampton
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and you're looking for trouble, you're going to get it.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31If Cardiff come over, Stoke or whatever,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33you know what I mean? We want them to say,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35"Look, you can't take the piss in Wolves."
0:04:35 > 0:04:37We present something here,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38we represent Wolves,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- so you look after your town, you look after your- BLEEP- people, innit, so.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43We are a pack, we're a family unit.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45That's what Wolves are.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We're brothers in arms.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50What harm do you think you do as a football lad?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Obviously, if you walk around in mobs of 100 through cities,
0:04:54 > 0:04:55I can imagine it being a bit intimidating
0:04:55 > 0:04:58for someone that doesn't know the culture.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01CLAMOURING AND SCREAMING
0:05:02 > 0:05:05It's clashes like this one, with the Birmingham Zulus Firm,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08that have earned the Yam Yams their notorious reputation.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Since Denny started, at the age of 14,
0:05:14 > 0:05:20the Firm has evolved to embrace members from all walks of life.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22People can see us as straight scumbags, you know what I mean?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24But we're far from it.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I've got lads that come with us
0:05:27 > 0:05:29that are firefighters,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31teachers,
0:05:31 > 0:05:32professional people.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Everyone's got that same hunger, that same desire.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Wolves Youth have a reputation
0:05:38 > 0:05:41for taking the fight on the road...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43at every opportunity.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Yeah, we are known for travelling away. We always travel away.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48How many teams take 100 to Millwall?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51THEY SPEAK OVER EACH OTHER
0:05:51 > 0:05:53No-one turns up in Millwall.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56There remains one big awayday ambition
0:05:56 > 0:05:58that Denny has yet to achieve -
0:05:58 > 0:06:00taking on a European firm.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02That would be, like...
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Well, it would be one thing I would like to tick off in my life,
0:06:06 > 0:06:07you know what I mean?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10But of the 92 clubs in England,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12only seven get to play in Europe.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Wolves haven't been there since 1972.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19The only way Denny can realise his ambition
0:06:19 > 0:06:22is to be invited along as a guest by another firm.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29The number of match-day arrests may have gone down,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31but last season saw a significant rise
0:06:31 > 0:06:34in football disorder INSIDE the stadiums.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38In February, police came under attack
0:06:38 > 0:06:41when 200 Millwall fans tried to storm into the home section
0:06:41 > 0:06:43at Rotherham United.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46A month later,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49violence broke out between Leeds and Blackpool fans...
0:06:58 > 0:07:00..and nine were arrested for fighting
0:07:00 > 0:07:03during a League Two clash between Rochdale and Oldham.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Even the Premier League,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16where clubs spend over £10 million a year on policing,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18has not been without incident.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22INDISTINCT CHANTING
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Tottenham Hotspur home to West Ham
0:07:24 > 0:07:28is one of London's most bitterly contested derbies.
0:07:28 > 0:07:34INDISTINCT YELLING
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Despite the heavy police presence,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40just before kick-off, rival fans clash right outside the ground.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43INDISTINCT CENSORED YELLING
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Get in to him!
0:07:52 > 0:07:54For the past 10 years,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57one 25-year-old has been at the heart of battles like this.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Two bits of historical places of interest for me.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06The hospital where my daughter was born,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09and Gart's prison, where I spent my last prison sentence.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12How long were you inside for?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15For the last time, three months inside there.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Was that football related?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Football related, yeah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21My daughter was born in this hospital here.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23May the 11th, the day I got my first banning order,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and I was in court in the morning.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Dante spent his youth rising up the ranks
0:08:30 > 0:08:32to become one of Spurs' top boys.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Leading them into countless clashes,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37like this street battle against Brighton.
0:08:37 > 0:08:45INDISTINCT CLAMOUR
0:08:47 > 0:08:51He may have served three prison terms for football violence,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55but he's now trying to keep on the straight and narrow.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56It is what it is, innit?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I've got to take it on the chin, but, obviously, when I come out,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I said, "I'm not going to make the same mistakes."
0:09:00 > 0:09:02So, no more prison, then?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Know what I mean? You can never say, "No, never."
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Hopefully, I can keep my nose completely clean.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12They've had enough of my young years,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14out of me in the justice system.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Despite his desire to change,
0:09:21 > 0:09:26fighting has always been a huge part of Dante's life.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28So, that's where I got my first beating
0:09:28 > 0:09:29at the bottom of that tower block -
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I got battered, you know, in a fight.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I got absolutely weighed in and I got home and got told off by my mum,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I had to go out and fight the geezer about two weeks later.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40In order to stay away from the Firm,
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Dante thinks he's come up with a plan.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- You all right? - Yeah, good. You?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49All the way down.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- HE GRUNTS - That's it.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55HE ROARS
0:09:55 > 0:09:5712, 13, 14...
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Push it, push it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I've been in prison three times
0:10:06 > 0:10:07for football now.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11I just want to, sort of, find a way to harness that aggression
0:10:11 > 0:10:15and that, sort of, fighting skills that I've learnt
0:10:15 > 0:10:17and to harness it in, like, a legitimate manner.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Dante's just been signed up
0:10:21 > 0:10:23for his first professional mixed martial arts fight.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Breathe, breathe.- You know, if you get a few wins under your belt,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28get noticed, if you pull in a good crowd,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30you could make a bit of dough out of it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Bend the legs, bend the legs.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35To get his professional fighting career on track,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Dante's enlisted the help of local trainer Chris Power.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Do you feel that that your rep
0:10:43 > 0:10:45helps you in your fighting, or...?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I don't know. It gives me a support,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49but then firms I've done outside,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51who ain't got the arsehole
0:10:51 > 0:10:53to do nothing better to me, personally,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55are going to be hoping that I lose.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57With his first fight in just three weeks,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Dante is going to have to rely heavily
0:11:00 > 0:11:01on his ten years in the Firm.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Come on!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I was fucking built to be a football hooligan.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The whole just going into another mob, the adrenaline,
0:11:08 > 0:11:09your heart's just going...
0:11:09 > 0:11:11HE MIMICS THUMPING
0:11:11 > 0:11:13..and it's like, "yes!"
0:11:13 > 0:11:14The only way I can explain it is,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17if you've got a proper, like, glamour model, like massive tits...
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- HE LAUGHS - ..lovely arse and you've been trying
0:11:19 > 0:11:20to pull her for about a month...
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- So, the chase?- Yeah, and you finally get hold of her
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and you're just about to bolt your load and as that row happens,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27that is you... That is you, like, ejaculating
0:11:27 > 0:11:30HE LAUGHS
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It's like, "Yes!"
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Every other row I've ever had in my life,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40if someone's pissed me off, I'll just go and smash them straight away
0:11:40 > 0:11:42or if I'm not going to go and smash them,
0:11:42 > 0:11:43I go and have it out with them,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46but I will go and deal with that problem instantly.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Whereas this is like... It's been going on for ages.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51You know it's coming and even, like, now...
0:11:51 > 0:11:55You just want to turn up and just do it, do you know what I mean?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57When was the last time you had a fight?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- What, in real life, or...? What do you mean, like?- Yeah.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01What, football, or...?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Whatever.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05When's the last time you actually felt like you had a fight?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07No comment.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09No comment.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10I'm a reformed character.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17While Dante might be struggling to leave the world of the firm...
0:12:21 > 0:12:25..400 miles away, in the small Scottish town of Hamilton,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27someone else is just starting their journey.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48Girls are supposed to go out and do girl stuff - I don't.
0:12:48 > 0:12:5117-year-old Brogan is studying to do law at University...
0:12:53 > 0:12:57..but at the weekends, she runs with the Accies Casual Force -
0:12:57 > 0:12:59the youth firm of Hamilton Academicals.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Welcome to paradise.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05This is where it all happens.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Where are we?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Hamilton Academicals.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10New Douglas Park.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Hamilton are one of the smallest clubs
0:13:12 > 0:13:14in Scottish football's top flight.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18This is where I go to get in.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21In there is section A,
0:13:21 > 0:13:22that's where we sit.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25You can only get in that section if you're cool enough.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26I decide.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Up until now, football firms have been an exclusively male world.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34What is it you love about it?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36The excitement, the adrenaline.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Just... Dress the same,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39listening to the same music,
0:13:39 > 0:13:40you're on the same wavelength.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42You feel part of something.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49If it did kick off, then I wouldn't run,
0:13:49 > 0:13:50I definitely wouldn't run.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Do you get a buzz when it does happen?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Oh, aye.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's a weird feeling, but, you know...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03You want the... Aye, it does, it's a buzz.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10Traditionally, girls have been kept on the periphery of football firms,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13dismissed by the boys as "groupies" or "hooligan hoes."
0:14:13 > 0:14:15What's the deal with you and boys?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Have you got a boyfriend?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18No.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Nope.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I don't want one.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Why?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I think they hold you back.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Saying that, they never stop texting me.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- Who?- The boys.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38How many boys have been texting you today?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Oh, I couldn't count.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43I couldn't recall it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45That many. My phones broke. My phone's broke with it all.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Do you ever gets boys hitting on you at the football?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50I think they all fancy me,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53but I don't think anybody would ever try it.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I think boys find me a bit wild,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58which isn't a bad thing,
0:14:58 > 0:14:59know what I mean?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00I like being wild.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04It's this wild side that worries her mum, Joanne.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09It's the other people,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11like, the casual side of it...
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Because Brogan really is the only girl that goes there,
0:15:17 > 0:15:21if boys approach her and she's not going to be...
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I don't know, I just feel as if...
0:15:25 > 0:15:27That side of it, I don't like.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28They think, "Oh, look at her,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31"she's one of the Hamilton Accies Casuals."
0:15:31 > 0:15:32That's the bit I, kind of, worry about.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35You're just not going to tell Brogan not to do anything,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38because she's going to do it.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I just be me, do you know what I mean?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43I'm just being me, I'm not being fake for anybody.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44I can handle myself,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46but if anything did kick off, it's out of my hands.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I cannae do it anything about it. If I'm there, I'm there.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53I still... I would stand, I wouldn't run.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Brogan's life with the firm might just be beginning.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00For Dante, after years as a top boy,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03that life has got even more complicated.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08He's just become a dad for the second time.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I ain't no good at this.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Why?- Because you can't have a baby looking sweet
0:16:18 > 0:16:21and looking like their granny, do you know what I mean?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Would you let your little girl join a firm when she's older?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28No, don't be silly.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I don't know. I wouldn't mind them going out with someone
0:16:31 > 0:16:34if they was decent, from, like, the firm.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Obviously not anyone else's firm.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41What if your daughter brings home, like, a West Ham fan?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It's not about a fan, innit?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It's about the way they conduct themselves.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49They can support West Ham and not really talk about it that much,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52and they might just like looking at their results, or something.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55If they come in my face talking about West Ham constantly
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and trying to have digs at Tottenham,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01then they're not going to last long on the dinner table
0:17:01 > 0:17:03before I stick a fork in their nose, or something.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16It's not just family life forcing Dante to change his ways.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18He's one of the 1,800 people
0:17:18 > 0:17:21currently serving a football banning order.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24So, I'm banned till 2020, like,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27and obviously that's the centre of London,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31this is Tottenham Hotspur football ground, that's the fortress.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34So I'm banned from a two-mile radius.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38When are you banned from there, then?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Six hours before the game, six hours after.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43So I'm not allowed within that zone, Tottenham, there, yeah?
0:17:43 > 0:17:48All right, I'm also banned from Queens Park Rangers Football Club.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52I've got the Wembley one, I'm not allowed there from round here,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54up here, up through Kilburn,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56covers this sort of area...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It's not just stadiums that Dante's banned from.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02So, basically, it'll be one mile of King's Cross
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and also one mile of Euston.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09So one mile of Waterloo,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13I've got one mile of Liverpool Street, Victoria Station...
0:18:13 > 0:18:15This ain't got Luton on it, has it?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I'm banned from Luton as well.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22It affects me massively. I mean, when I'm at work,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I can sometimes be in breach of my banning order,
0:18:25 > 0:18:26cos we're playing during the week,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29like, we can play on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
0:18:29 > 0:18:30you know what I mean?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Even a Thursday, if Tottenham are playing in Europe on a Thursday.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I'm not saying that I ain't sort of, like, been naughty -
0:18:36 > 0:18:41everyone knows that I've been mischievous and caused aggro,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45but I've done my bit of porridge, I've done my time behind the door.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47There's probably a high chance that
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I could breach that banning order at some point
0:18:49 > 0:18:51and then I'm back to square one.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53What happens if you breach a banning order?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Six months' jail, possibly, and a five-grand fine,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57like, worst-case scenario.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Denny from the Wolves Yam Yam Army is on his way down to London.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Yeah, I'm just on the train now.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I'll probably land in about, erm, about half an hour.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21He's found an English firm that will allow him
0:19:21 > 0:19:25to fulfil his ambition of an awayday against European opposition.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Yeah, then get off there and probably catch a taxi to the pub.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Football lads call this kind of arrangement "guesting".
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Is it strange to be going to another club, to another team?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Yeah, cos I don't do that, you know what I mean?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45A lot of firms have got affiliated with other firms, and that,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47but I've never done that, you know what I mean?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49If I've done anything, it's for Wolves
0:19:49 > 0:19:51and only Wolves, you know what I mean?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55But this is a bit different circumstances, you know what I mean?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58By guesting, Denny may have a chance to test himself
0:19:58 > 0:20:00against a firm from the Continent.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Last season saw violent clashes between rival fans and police
0:20:06 > 0:20:08all across Europe.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11SHOUTING
0:20:14 > 0:20:19In Lille, Everton fans clashed with police and rival supporters.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21SHOUTING
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Greece's league was suspended due to persistent crowd violence.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34In Germany, Frankfurt and Cologne firms fought running street battles.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41I'm excited, like. I've got a bit of butterflies,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44you know what I mean? It feels like something new, you know what I mean?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I don't know what to expect.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Do you think there'll be any trouble tonight?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I don't know. There's a possibility, you know what I mean?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03In Scotland, 17-year-old Brogan is running late
0:21:03 > 0:21:05for her pre-match meet.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Um...basically, Accies need to win this to finish top six.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I think they'll win, I'm saying 2-0.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I get a lot of grief, especially from men,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26about how I should dress or if I dress like this, I am a casual.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28When I'm with my pals, and I'm ready to go to the football,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31and we're all wearing the same stuff, we'll get a police escort.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I don't know why I'm getting a police escort.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Brogan and the Accies Casual Force, the Hamilton youth firm,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45have got all the local tongues wagging.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- The talk of the place the now. - In what way?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15How well do you know that world?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27There's a lot of change in it now.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32A different culture now.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34It's... Obviously, when we were young,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36there were no knives and...
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Now, at football, they're using knives and all the rest of it.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42You know what I mean?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45This is when it all happens, the buzz.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It's time.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Come on, the Accies.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Denny's arrived in London.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59He's now got to meet one of the top boys
0:22:59 > 0:23:02from the firm he'll be guesting with later.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08But it won't be the first time their paths have crossed.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- What's happening, mate? - You all right?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- Yeah, man. How's it going? - It's sorted.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13The last time I saw him,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16he was red in the face, you know what I mean?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17He was growling at me.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19We just sort of locked horns with each other
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and I just think that, afterwards, like, there was,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24like, I respected him. I think it goes both ways.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- Yeah, yeah.- We both respected each other,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28we both knew we was on our jobs that day.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Two years ago, these top boys brought their two youth firms
0:23:31 > 0:23:34together for a fight, but to avoid the police,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38it didn't happen at a Spurs-Wolves game.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41They chose a mutual location in a quiet suburban town
0:23:41 > 0:23:45and, bizarrely, a friendship was formed.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49I've never been a fight where so many punches were thrown.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Yeah.- A there was a lot of punches for a short period.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Yeah. I'd say it was a good, you know what I mean, ten minutes,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and that's a long time, man, no police.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Just people getting bit.- Yeah. - I was covered in blood
0:23:59 > 0:24:01and I walked into this McDonald's,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04with everyone eating their Happy Meals and Big Mac Meals
0:24:04 > 0:24:06and I walked in and was, like,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09"Where's the toilet? I need to clean myself up,"
0:24:09 > 0:24:11everyone, like, half-eating their burger,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and, like, the Elephant Man just walked in.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Numbers got exchanged.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I got his number and I got his pal's number as well.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19And we used to speak over BB,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22that's when BB was kind of big then, you know what I mean?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Two young mixed-race lads into football riots -
0:24:25 > 0:24:27that's quite a rare things these days,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30especially with sort of, like, gang life taking over
0:24:30 > 0:24:33sort of, like, mixed race and black culture.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35There's not a lot of black lads or mixed-race lads
0:24:35 > 0:24:38that go to football that are our sort of age any more, really.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41With Dante banned from attending tonight's game,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45he's going to introduce Denny to the other senior members of the firm.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I found out this fixture happened and I thought,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49yeah, I'm going to get in touch with you
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and try and line up some tickets,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- so I can see what Fiorentino are like, you know what I mean?- Yeah.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Move round here and see what it's like.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57- I want a little taste for it.- Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00The foreign teams are actually travelling nowadays,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02so they probably will turn up tonight, so...
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Yeah, I just saw about six of them
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- on the train on the way down, you know what I mean?- Yeah.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09And where are they?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11BOTH LAUGH
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Denny heads off to the match,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17but the other members of the Spurs firm
0:25:17 > 0:25:20prevent any further filming from taking place.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Back in Hamilton, Brogan is on her way to meet up with
0:25:30 > 0:25:33the boys from the firm before the match.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Go there.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53But there's a problem.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55The rival sets of fans have already clashed,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58and the police have moved them on.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03A few of the away team, their fans end up in the same place as them,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05so the police had to move everybody.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07From what I've heard, anyway.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I'm about to find out.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- Oi-oi!- Oi-oi!
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- What happened? - What was that, with the police?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20How are you doing?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25She tells us a lot she should have been born a boy,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27but Brogan's just one of us.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31She dresses the same. She loves her football, loves a pint.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33She's one of the lads.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35She's been here since before I came,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39and I came and she's welcomed me in and made me feel one of the lads.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45# We're Hamilton FC... #
0:26:45 > 0:26:48LYRICS INDISTINCT
0:26:54 > 0:26:56THEY LAUGH
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Do you feel all right about it? - ALL: Aye.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Am I a good dresser? - Brogan's no' bad.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08What do you mean, no' bad?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10THEY ALL LAUGH
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I know which bus you get to school!
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Do you think you boys would be quite protective over her?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Very. Very protective over Brogan.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25It's a tight-knit community.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Accies are like a major family.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30LYRICS INDISTINCT
0:27:32 > 0:27:34'I love that buzz. I love the buzz.'
0:27:34 > 0:27:37You know, even though I'm not going to get involved in any fighting,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I love the buzz that maybe that could happen.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43'If I was a boy, I think I'd be ranked up high.'
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I understand where they come from, do you know what I mean?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50I understand the buzz, cos I meet them and they're all buzzing for it,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52but because I am a girl, it does limit me,
0:27:52 > 0:27:56do you know what I mean? I'm limited to what I can say and do.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58THEY SING
0:28:23 > 0:28:26So, what happened after I left you earlier?
0:28:26 > 0:28:30We linked up with a couple of old-school Tottenham lads.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Anything happen outside the ground?
0:28:33 > 0:28:36No, not to my... Not to my knowledge, no.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Although no trouble occurred at Tottenham,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43one of the other group ties in Rome has seen Feyenoord fans
0:28:43 > 0:28:46engage in running battles with riot police.
0:28:46 > 0:28:5133 were arrested as they fought in the heart of the city centre.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53SHOUTING AND BREAKING GLASS
0:28:55 > 0:28:57SIREN WAILS
0:28:59 > 0:29:02It looks like the police, you know what I mean,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04are just trying to back them up
0:29:04 > 0:29:08and trying to gain control, like, with some heavy-handed tactics.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Hmm. Looks pretty mad, you know?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15The police in the UK are not using these tactics no more.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18They used to be all in black boiler suits, faces were covered,
0:29:18 > 0:29:20they had batons, you know what I mean?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23You didn't know who it was, no badges or whatever,
0:29:23 > 0:29:24and they were just...
0:29:24 > 0:29:27They seemed like they was on it just as much as the lads,
0:29:27 > 0:29:28you know what I mean?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I've experienced it first hand myself,
0:29:31 > 0:29:33so everything what's going on there, you know what I mean,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36I know that feeling, you know what I mean?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39So, you think that this is you for the rest of your life?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I can't say I'm not going to... There's no way on this planet
0:29:42 > 0:29:45I'm going to be the same as I was when I was 17.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47But, you know what I mean,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51I'm always going to have that in me, you know what I mean?
0:29:57 > 0:30:01170 miles north, it's match day for one of the giants
0:30:01 > 0:30:04of the premier league - Manchester City.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07One of England's top clubs also has
0:30:07 > 0:30:10one of the country's most notorious youth firms -
0:30:10 > 0:30:12the Blazing Squad.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20It's leader is Carl.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27As their top boy, he's taken them on the road
0:30:27 > 0:30:29against firms up and down the country.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38Plaistow, that'd be a West Ham match back in 2010.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Stoke, '09, Wigan away.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Liverpool, Lime Street, away.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Stockport '07.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47United away, yeah, that was a good one.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Barnsley, Stockport, another West Ham ticket.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54It's not just I've got a picture, it represents that day.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Something might have happened that day.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59It could be like you've had a big row that day, a big fight,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02or even just you've had a laugh with your mates that day, or whatever.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04SHOUTING
0:31:04 > 0:31:07The Blazing Squad have been at the heart of street battles
0:31:07 > 0:31:10like this one against arch rivals Manchester United.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24But recent seasons have been a problem.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Banned, banned, banned and banned.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Carl's officially been banned for this season.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35It just makes everything that little bit harder.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39You have to go out of your way to do just little things like meeting up.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41So you all live in different parts of town,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43you have to go through town to get to where you going,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46you're banned from the town, so it's just fucking about.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- It makes things that much harder. - Do you miss it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Yeah. Yeah, definitely, yeah.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58But for Carl, at least, that's all coming to an end.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00His ban is up in a few weeks
0:32:00 > 0:32:03and he's off to get new gear in preparation for his return.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Good to see you again, mate. - You all right?- Not bad at all.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I've got some nice City colours for you, mate,
0:32:13 > 0:32:15if you're interested, yeah?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Some stuff over there. Fresh in today, this.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- Is that new in?- New in, yeah.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Have you got...that with the yellow?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- No, it is due in, though. - It's due in?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Yeah. Probably later this year, though, mate.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I thought you fancied...
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Red's your favourite colour, though, ain't it? Being a City fan.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34THEY LAUGH
0:32:34 > 0:32:37So, are you staying out of trouble now, mate, yeah?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Trying to, yeah. Trying to.
0:32:41 > 0:32:42It's a personal thing.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Some people, the clothes is the most important thing for them.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49For me, part of being a football lad is the clothes and that.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Why's that?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53It's about looking good and that.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54No-one wants to be in a firm
0:32:54 > 0:32:57and be known as looking like a tramp, sort of thing.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58It's nice to look nice.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01It separates us from normal fans,
0:33:01 > 0:33:04what we call "shirts" or "scarves",
0:33:04 > 0:33:06who wear the club clothes and the scarves and that.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09We wear our own thing to separate us, sort of thing.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11You can tell who's who.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Is it like an unofficial uniform?
0:33:14 > 0:33:15You could say that, yeah,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18cos another group of lads can tell another groups of lads out
0:33:18 > 0:33:20like that, just through the clothes.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23So if another firm is coming to your town that day, say,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25from a fair distance, where you can spot...
0:33:25 > 0:33:27"Yeah, that's a firm, there they are,"
0:33:27 > 0:33:30without even being close enough to speak to them, sort of thing.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38With just 11 days to go until Dante steps into the ring
0:33:38 > 0:33:40for his first professional fight,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42he's come to have a one-on-one session
0:33:42 > 0:33:45with top boxing trainer Don Charles.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49There's all different types of fighters.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Dante is a guy who likes to...
0:33:52 > 0:33:55He likes a fight, naturally, yeah?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58So the idea is for him to now do it for a living,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01to fight and get paid for it, instead of fighting for nothing.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Yeah. Hence, why we're looking after these babies, you know, these hands.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08These are your tools. To make you money.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Right, let's get it on.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13That's good.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Again.
0:34:15 > 0:34:16Control.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21There. There. Good.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23For Dante, the big challenge
0:34:23 > 0:34:27is taming his inner football street fighter.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31A previous amateur bout didn't go exactly to plan.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35The last fight I was in, it was a charity do for one of our boys,
0:34:35 > 0:34:39and I got in there and there was 900 Spurs supporters there,
0:34:39 > 0:34:42all shouting like youths, going mental,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44and I remember getting in there, my mate said to me,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48"Oh, he's on your manor, he's taking the piss out of you,"
0:34:48 > 0:34:49and a bit of my head was like,
0:34:49 > 0:34:51"Yeah, he fucking is taking the piss out of me,"
0:34:51 > 0:34:55and I just, for like a split moment, I thought I was at football.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58My hands went down and I just screamed out at the top of my voice
0:34:58 > 0:35:00"Come on, then, you cunt, let's have it."
0:35:00 > 0:35:01HE LAUGHS
0:35:01 > 0:35:03And his face was horrified.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07I remember looking... My corner were like, "No!", like that,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10and, um, yeah, I just went into him.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Course I fucking am!
0:35:12 > 0:35:15HE GASPS AND GRUNTS
0:35:15 > 0:35:16Time.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18True Spurs.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20HE GASPS
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Across the country, a new hotspot is emerging.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Football fights are no longer hidden from public view.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35They're spilling onto the nation's platforms, carriages and stations.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38SHOUTING
0:35:42 > 0:35:44According to the British Transport Police,
0:35:44 > 0:35:49football-related incidents rose to over 600 last season,
0:35:49 > 0:35:52like this clash between Chelsea and Spurs fans.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59In January, Denny took the Wolves Yam Yam Army to Bolton for an awayday.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04After the match, this footage emerged online of Wolves fans,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07including Denny, being taunted by Bolton lads
0:36:07 > 0:36:09as they waited for their train home.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14JEERING AND SHOUTING
0:36:29 > 0:36:32It's three months on, and Denny has been charged with
0:36:32 > 0:36:36criminal damage relating to the train incident,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39but refuses to talk about it on camera.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Tonight, he's out with another member of the firm - Junior.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Can you see that?
0:36:53 > 0:36:57The original Zulu killers, cos we finished Birmingham's mob off.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59With a court case looming,
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Denny and also Junior are reassessing their commitment to the firm.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07They're looking to join a new non-violent yet secretive group
0:37:07 > 0:37:10known as WV1 - the Wolves Ultras.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13The police are really hot on it now,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16so a lot of lads are trying to start up ultra scenes.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18It's like a higher level of supporting.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20You are the ultras, you know what I mean?
0:37:20 > 0:37:24You're taking it to the next level, cos your passion for that club
0:37:24 > 0:37:26is like that much, you know what I mean?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Ultras started out in South America,
0:37:29 > 0:37:31combining extreme politics and football,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33before spreading to Europe.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38While violence can play a part, most ultras favour graffiti,
0:37:38 > 0:37:40banners and displays.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Denny and Junior are hoping this might wean them off
0:37:43 > 0:37:45their love of violence.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Football violence is like heroin.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Once you've had a hit,
0:37:50 > 0:37:53you're just looking for the next buzz, you want it again.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56You want more and more and more.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00For me, doing a little bit of graffiti is like methadone.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I have to let the animal out the cage now and again
0:38:03 > 0:38:06but with my job, I'm a professional person,
0:38:06 > 0:38:10so I can't be having people know who I am, you know?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12My family don't know I do this,
0:38:12 > 0:38:16people who I work with don't know I do this, I keep it all schtoom.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21It's not something that I like to tell people about it,
0:38:21 > 0:38:23but I do it for me.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Junior isn't the only one with something to lose.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30With a young family to support, this brush with the law
0:38:30 > 0:38:35has reminded Denny of a previous dark chapter in his life - prison.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39I lost my mum while I was away.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Probably, like, about 17 months into my sentence,
0:38:42 > 0:38:46so when it happened, I was broken, you know what I mean?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49How did your mum feel
0:38:49 > 0:38:52when you went to prison for football violence?
0:38:52 > 0:38:53She was upset.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56If you're going to consistently break the law,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58you're going to have to pay the price.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Is it worth it?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03There's other things that are similar, you know what I mean?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04The things that are more positive,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07the things that ain't going to get you jail, that you can do,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10that can give you that buzz, you know what I mean?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Man City, like Chelsea and Spurs,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18are one of the privileged English clubs
0:39:18 > 0:39:20competing in Europe this season.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23This gives their firm the chance of an awayday
0:39:23 > 0:39:25in some of Europe's most glamorous locations.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28# City! City! #
0:39:28 > 0:39:31SHOUTING
0:39:31 > 0:39:35At least for those who've not yet caught the authority's eye.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42What is it?
0:39:42 > 0:39:43It is a letter.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46I can you who it's off by the London mark on it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50It's off the football banning orders people.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54"Report on 26th or 27th March, any time,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57"to Bury police station to surrender your passport.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01"Failure to comply is a criminal offence that carries on conviction
0:40:01 > 0:40:07"a term of imprisonment up to six months and/or a fine up to £5,000."
0:40:09 > 0:40:12You know you're banned, so you don't forget, but you sort of...
0:40:12 > 0:40:16maybe like a reminder of what you're missing out on, sort of thing.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18If I weren't banned, yeah, I'd be going.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20I'd make sure I was going there.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24These rare European awaydays carry an extra edge.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28There's a lot goes on between the English firms and other firms.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31A pal of mine, he went away to Italy to watch his team
0:40:31 > 0:40:35and a bit of trouble went on, and that, and he got stabbed.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- HE LAUGHS - He got stabbed up his arse.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Of all the places to be stabbed, eh?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Carl doesn't have long to wait till he can join up
0:40:46 > 0:40:48with the rest of his firm.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50As part of the build-up,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53he's continuing with his preparations for his return.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Are you all right? - Are you all right, mate?
0:40:56 > 0:40:58What you getting done today, Carl?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Getting the old City badge on my forearm.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04How many have you got now, then?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06I think this will be number 15.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- 15?- This is number 15, yeah.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10THEY ALL LAUGH
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Ready, pal?
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Yeah, I'm ready.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Have you been to any games recently?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20HE LAUGHS
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Not with this ban, no. I come off it soon, though.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26How active have you been since you've been banned?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Not as active as I was before!
0:41:30 > 0:41:34I've never really asked you what it is you enjoy about fighting.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39You've put me on the spot here.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41I don't know, really.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45I just... I just like it, I'm good at it.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Do you like fighting, Luke?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Me? No, I'm a pacifist.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51LUKE LAUGHS
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- A lover not a fighter.- Yeah.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57My past is that I'm an ex-police officer.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59That's my background.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Are you planning on doing it for a long while, Carl,
0:42:02 > 0:42:04or do you see an exit?
0:42:04 > 0:42:05I can't...
0:42:05 > 0:42:09I can see myself calming down on it and not going as much,
0:42:09 > 0:42:14but I don't think I could see myself ever not going at all.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Have you had any serious injuries?
0:42:16 > 0:42:21Erm...just the usual, like your black eyes, your broken noses,
0:42:21 > 0:42:23your cheekbones,
0:42:23 > 0:42:27and the bad one was a brick on the head.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31That was quite... That was a good few staples
0:42:31 > 0:42:34and stitches on the head. That was a bad one.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39No. Yeah, I'm happy with that, good, yeah. Nice one.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46In Scotland, Brogan's mum Joanne is getting increasingly concerned
0:42:46 > 0:42:50about her daughter's involvement with the Hamilton youth firm.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54There's no lassies, Brogan, that go.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57What happens if a fight breaks out?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01You could be caught up in this thing, that's what worries me.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04There's always going to be one person,
0:43:04 > 0:43:07and you stick out like a sore thumb, and they're going to start,
0:43:07 > 0:43:10"Look what she's wearing. Do you think you're a casual?"
0:43:10 > 0:43:12If stuff was happening, it would be arranged
0:43:12 > 0:43:14and people would go and do it elsewhere.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17It wouldn't be just... Obviously, sometimes you come out the ground
0:43:17 > 0:43:20and all the away fans around you are shouting to each other,
0:43:20 > 0:43:24but if there is fighting nowadays, I think it's all arranged.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29I think my mum mostly cares about me with 30, 40 boys,
0:43:29 > 0:43:34cos it would be weird if my brothers were hanging out with 30, 40 girls.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Do you know what I mean? I think she finds that a bit intimidating.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41I think she's scared when I'm in... especially places three hours away,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43where she can't just come and get me, collect me.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47You're going up to these places, up to Dundee, same as Motherwell.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50You go to Motherwell, you know this is going to happen.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52There's always going to be...
0:43:52 > 0:43:55But I like knowing there's maybe something going to happen.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- You like knowing that?- Aye, but I'm not involved, but I like knowing
0:43:57 > 0:44:00maybe something's going to happen cos that's what the buzz...
0:44:00 > 0:44:03It's going to happen with you, the people you're with,
0:44:03 > 0:44:05so how do you get a buzz out of that?
0:44:05 > 0:44:07You don't know until you're there
0:44:07 > 0:44:08and if we're at the train station,
0:44:08 > 0:44:11which always happens when the away fans are at the other side
0:44:11 > 0:44:14and they start throwing stuff and that...
0:44:14 > 0:44:16The buzz about it is just... That's the excitement.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18I know my limits, I know,
0:44:18 > 0:44:20right, I can't throw something back here.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24I love knowing, "Oh, something might happen."
0:44:30 > 0:44:32A leisure centre in Milton Keynes
0:44:32 > 0:44:35is the venue for Dante's debut professional fight.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39With 24 hours to go, the weigh-in will be
0:44:39 > 0:44:43Dante's first opportunity to come face to face with his opponent.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46That's your boy over there with the hood on.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Tomorrow, you're going to try and take his head off
0:44:48 > 0:44:51and he's going to try and take your head off.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54So, how you deal with it is down to you as an individual.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56I've seen people win a fight at the weigh-in.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58I've seen them come up to people, stare them down,
0:44:58 > 0:45:01"Yeah, tomorrow, me and you, yeah," and I watch them melt.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03- Next day, he's got nothing left.- Yeah.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05They melt them when they get there.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08- So it's down to you as an individual how you handle it.- Yeah.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Right, Marc Rawlinson.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17APPLAUSE
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Dante Bull.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25APPLAUSE
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Now, do you know the history of this man, first of all?
0:45:30 > 0:45:33- No.- Right, this man is a football hooligan.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35- Is he?- Yeah, and, um...
0:45:35 > 0:45:36LAUGHTER
0:45:36 > 0:45:39- How does that make you feel? - I ain't bothered, mate.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41No problem with you? What's your background?
0:45:41 > 0:45:43No, I ain't got a background.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46No background at all. How does that affect you?
0:45:46 > 0:45:47It don't affect me.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51You're getting done, mate. That's it, like, you know?
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I just want to get it over and done with.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Also, I did speak to you in the car park.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58He did tell me he was Gooner, as well, which is an Arsenal...
0:45:58 > 0:45:59LAUGHTER
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Get the picture in, quick.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Ladies and gentlemen, Dante Bull and Marc Rawlinson!
0:46:14 > 0:46:16APPLAUSE
0:46:19 > 0:46:21Well done, lads, that'll do us.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26It was weird. I just wanted to attack him, you know what I mean?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28I've never had that sort of experience
0:46:28 > 0:46:32where someone's, like, squaring up to me and I've not belted them
0:46:32 > 0:46:33in my life. So it was odd.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35I just wanted to take his head off there.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38He's up for it, I'm up for it, so let's get it on.
0:46:43 > 0:46:48In Manchester, Carl is meeting up with one of City's old boys, Leon.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54There's a very significant date approaching.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56So, when's your ban up?
0:46:56 > 0:46:59It's up... I think it actually ends in about five days.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02So, what, three or four days after the last game of the season.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05- Yeah.- I've just gotta wait till fucking August.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07You know, it's a fucking piss-take.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Do you think City's firm will still be up and running
0:47:10 > 0:47:11when the season starts?
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Yeah, I hope so. It's just a bit shit, though,
0:47:14 > 0:47:15cos I'm coming off my ban,
0:47:15 > 0:47:18but there's so many what have been put on one since,
0:47:18 > 0:47:20so it never fucking stops, does it?
0:47:20 > 0:47:24Forget all the cliches, I'm a changed man, I'm not going back.
0:47:24 > 0:47:25CARL LAUGHS
0:47:25 > 0:47:26Just get back.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:47:28 > 0:47:31I got banned about 2001.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34What was the ban for, then?
0:47:34 > 0:47:37There was some plain-clothes police in Whitworth Park
0:47:37 > 0:47:41and I thought they were... I thought they were Liverpool fans!
0:47:41 > 0:47:44They were hanging around the monument
0:47:44 > 0:47:46and me and a couple of me pals went over
0:47:46 > 0:47:49and they shouted, "Undercover police," and then fucking got me.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53And that was it. No soon has it started, it was over.
0:47:53 > 0:47:54Yeah, bastards.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58I don't care who you are, to pack it in full time,
0:47:58 > 0:48:01there's always going to be moments over a duration of a season
0:48:01 > 0:48:04where you're going to dip your toe in the water
0:48:04 > 0:48:06because that's just how it is, you know?
0:48:06 > 0:48:08There's still times when I've
0:48:08 > 0:48:10looked out the window and seen something happening and thought,
0:48:10 > 0:48:13"Aye-aye! I'd like to be a bit of a part of that,"
0:48:13 > 0:48:16but there's been some times when I think, "Fuck it."
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I suppose the question is,
0:48:19 > 0:48:22are you actually going to go back to what you were doing last time,
0:48:22 > 0:48:25when you come off your ban?
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Um...
0:48:27 > 0:48:30I mean, it's a tough one. It's like I'm off my ban,
0:48:30 > 0:48:33I might just go out with all my mates and that.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Am I going to be involved to the level I was X amount of years ago?
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Maybe not, but I'm still going to be about, sort of thing, yeah.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42You know, pick and choose, sort of thing, pick and choose.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55In Hamilton, with the season at an end,
0:48:55 > 0:49:0017-year-old student Brogan finds herself at a crossroads.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13I'd love that so much.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Can you ever imagine a time where you have to make a decision,
0:49:16 > 0:49:20- "football or my career"? - I think it's soon.
0:49:20 > 0:49:25You can't be a lawyer and go to football with casuals on a Saturday,
0:49:25 > 0:49:26that's the truth.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29If I ever had to get involved in anything
0:49:29 > 0:49:32and get a criminal conviction, I'd be devastated.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37For Brogan to pursue her dream of studying law,
0:49:37 > 0:49:40she's been told she needs a clean criminal record.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44You can't have no convictions, no cautions, no court orders,
0:49:44 > 0:49:47so if I did have convictions when I applied for this
0:49:47 > 0:49:50or any court dates or anything like that, or any fines,
0:49:50 > 0:49:54it would probably... I probably wouldn't get it.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57If I'm jumping about football with people that are looking
0:49:57 > 0:50:00for trouble and stuff, the wrong place, the wrong time,
0:50:00 > 0:50:03you know what I mean? If something happens, it is so easy to get
0:50:03 > 0:50:05picked up and the police do anything
0:50:05 > 0:50:07they can - do you know what I mean? - to get somebody.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09So, you don't think you'll be running around
0:50:09 > 0:50:12with your casual friends in five years' time?
0:50:12 > 0:50:15I'm going to put it behind me.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22In Milton Keynes, it's fight night.
0:50:23 > 0:50:28As a notorious top boy, Dante's one of the main attractions.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35Coachloads of football lads have turned up.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41All right, Dante, I need a word, right.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44Phil, you're well respected in Tottenham, same as him.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48- Our security can only look after your guys 50%, yeah.- Yeah.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50As your friend, right, I'm asking you guys,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- you've gotta be the other 50% for us.- Yeah, yeah, yeah, no problem.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Do you think they're going to play up here?
0:50:56 > 0:50:58- Course they're not going to play up. - No?
0:50:58 > 0:51:01They've got the boy to fucking sort 'em out, ain't they?
0:51:03 > 0:51:06After a decade of fighting on the streets,
0:51:06 > 0:51:10this is Dante's big chance to escape from the world of the firm.
0:51:20 > 0:51:24- This is no football fight, this is a MMA fight, yeah.- Yeah.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26So bang, end of that jab, end of the jab.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28When the time's right, the power one's there.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32- Yes.- All the basics. Don't do nothing fucking fancy.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35No Superman punches from out here, no fucking kicks to the head.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37None of that. Basics.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44A sold-out crowd of 1,000 people have paid £30 a head...
0:51:46 > 0:51:48..but, more importantly,
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Dante will be fighting in front of 150 of his Spurs boys.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57You've got five minutes, if that, all right?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59He's going to come and get you, you're going to come in,
0:51:59 > 0:52:03you're going to punch each other's lights out and have some fun, OK?
0:52:08 > 0:52:11Please welcome your first fighter to the blue corner,
0:52:11 > 0:52:17here comes Dante Bull...
0:52:17 > 0:52:20MUSIC PLAYS
0:52:39 > 0:52:42CHANTING
0:52:53 > 0:52:56SHOUTING
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Dante has made a promising start...
0:53:06 > 0:53:10..but the fight barely makes it through the first round.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Everybody calm the fuck down!
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Calm down!
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Listen, if you're proper Tottenham fans,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43you're getting behind your boy here and you'll stand back, yeah?
0:53:43 > 0:53:45You're going to affect this boy's career.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Now, get back right now.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50You boys get away from him and get to the other side!
0:53:50 > 0:53:51I'm warning you.
0:53:51 > 0:53:56Celebrity compere Alex Reid attempts to act as peacemaker.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58Please kindly have a seat.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02You guys are doing so well.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Tonight, he's fighting for real
0:54:04 > 0:54:08and you guys are messing it up.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12What I'm hearing is that someone went up
0:54:12 > 0:54:15and said to a load of rowdy drunk people, "I'm a West Ham supporter,"
0:54:15 > 0:54:18and what he actually done was threw a bottle.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22Police are called in and they're able to finish the fight.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29SHOUTING
0:54:36 > 0:54:38KLAXON BLARES
0:54:38 > 0:54:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:50 > 0:54:54Your winner, fighting in the blue corner,
0:54:54 > 0:54:59Dante Bull!
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Dante may have won,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10but it was hardly the trouble-free start to a new life
0:55:10 > 0:55:12that he'd hoped for.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17Hey, mate, after all that football hooligan shit, yeah,
0:55:17 > 0:55:19you were probably the best-behaved person in there, yeah.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24What happened halfway through that disrupted things?
0:55:24 > 0:55:27It just kicked off, didn't it, in the crowd.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29I don't think it was my lot, I think someone else caused trouble,
0:55:29 > 0:55:32I don't know... Everyone got involved
0:55:32 > 0:55:33and it all kicked off.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36It's... I mean, I thought it was my lot at first
0:55:36 > 0:55:39and I was getting a bit disappointed cos, obviously,
0:55:39 > 0:55:41if I want to progress and get onto different shows,
0:55:41 > 0:55:44then that's going to hinder me, you know what I mean?
0:55:44 > 0:55:47How does that compare to a football fight...for you?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49It's nowhere near the buzz.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Football violence is the greatest buzz you'd ever get in the world.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55No drug or nothing, no rollercoaster, no...
0:55:55 > 0:55:58No, nothing can compare to that.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03For Dante, it's now going to be a waiting game
0:56:03 > 0:56:06to see if he'll be trusted with another bout.