Podcast Episodes

Hooligans: 6. End Game

Season 9 Episode 7

After months of undercover work, the police in London start moving in their targets and claim their first victory against the hooligan mobs. But the celebrations are short lived. A new piece of scien…

Published on 7 months ago

Hooligans: 5. Going Underground

Season 9 Episode 6

With the police under pressure to get a grip on the hooligan epidemic, an ambitious young copper comes up with a plan. To infiltrate the firms and go undercover. Covert police operations in London, B…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Hooligans: 4. Collateral Damage

Season 9 Episode 5

With firms doing battle up and down the country, it was only a matter of time before innocent people got hurt. Even some players were attacked as the hooligans went looking for their weekly adrenalin…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hooligans: 3. Riots and Reputations

Season 9 Episode 4

In the aftermath of the Heysel tragedy, Margaret Thatcher declared war on the hooligans. It was a watershed moment for English football. Tough new laws were called for - and the incident led to Engli…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hooligans: 2. The Darkest Night

Season 9 Episode 3

1985 saw some of the biggest and bloodiest hooligan riots in British football history. In March, Luton hosted Millwall in an FA Cup tie. Millwall’s notorious mobs rioted before, during and after the …

Published on 8 months ago

Hooligans: 1. A Different Ball Game

Season 9 Episode 2

What turns a fan into a fighter? When faced with a choice, do you turn and run, or stand and fight?

We meet the men who found themselves drawn into a world of running battles and riots during the 1970…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Gangster Presents... Hooligans

Season 9 Episode 1

Former boxing champion and proud Evertonian Tony Bellew delves into the brutal world of football hooliganism. At its height in the 1970s and 1980s, it was labelled ‘the English Disease,’ a time when …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

The Daniels and the Lyons: 6. The Glasgow Smile

Season 8 Episode 7

A brutal attack on a Daniel family member results in lengthy jail sentences for a number of Lyons associates. The feud continues in prison and there are fears it could go on for generations to come.

I…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Daniels and the Lyons: 5. The Pushchair Assassin

Season 8 Episode 6

After his public assassination in a supermarket car park, the hunt for Gerbil's killers begins. A death in the Daniel family heralds a brutal new chapter in the never-ending feud.

With such a high-pro…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Daniels and the Lyons: 4. The Digger

Season 8 Episode 5

Gerbil is recruited for a kidnapping plot which doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile, he continues his reign of terror as he seeks to build his drug empire - leading to a growing number of enemies out to ge…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago