Bovver

by Chris Brown (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.27

  An adrenalin-packed look at the heady days of the 1970s. Chris Brown was in the front line of the wave of soccer violence that typified the sport in those days. His life was dominated by those violent Saturday outings, and by the pop music of the day. This book tells of his memories of the time.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $4.13

  It's the 1970s. The hair is shaved, the music is funky and the football is violent - very, very violent. Every Saturday, legions of football fans take to the terraces to do battle with each other. Chris Brown was in the thick of it. The regulation haircut, clip-on braces, shrunk Levis and bovver boots - he had the look that every self-respecting bovver boy tried for, and he launched himself into the culture of the decade with a passion. This is a story of those times. It is a story of the adrenaline-packed Saturday outings, a story of Tonik suits, terraces and The Maytals, of race riots, safety pins and The Clash by way of P.Funk, platform shoes and discos. A true story of the most maligned decade in British history - the music, the fashion, the violence. Welcome to the real 1970s - it ain't no boogie wonderland.