Chelsea FC related books and DVDs

Chelsea Casuals band – Accent

Chelsea had just been promoted from the old 2nd division in ’84 and they were having a party at the ground before the last home game to celebrate, so we chanced it … Get the DVD

Dressers: The Life and Times of the Motherwell Saturday Service

The book is a social history of young working-class youth culture, covering from the early 1980s on the football terraces through to the dance floors of later that decade and charting the route from Italian sportswear to baggy rave gear. Get the book

The Real Story of the Legendary Terrace Fashion …

From Barcelona to Berlin, Milan to Moscow, modern teenagers are aping fashions and culture that developed on the streets and terraces of British cities. But how did the football casual subculture come about? Get the DVD

The Firm [DVD] [2009]

Dom, a young wannabe football casual, who gets drawn into the charismatic but dangerous world of the firm’s top boy, Bex. Accepted for his fast mouth and sense of humor, Dom soon becomes one the boys. Get the DVD

Football Factory [2004] [DVD]

Based on the best selling novel by John King, The Football Factory is a study of middle England, football violence and male culture. The story centres around Tommy Johnson, a bored twenty-something who lives for the weekend, causal sex, watered down lager, heavily cut drugs … Get the DVD

The Football Factory – The best book I’ve read about football and working-class culture in Britain in the nineties. Buy, steal or borrow a copy now. Irvine Welsh

Casuals: The Real Story of the Legendary Terrace Fashion – As the 1980s began in Britain, under the radar the casual had already arrived. By interviewing personalities who were at the heart of the story at the time this groundbreaking film pays a tribute to a time when football and fashion mattered more than corporate hospitality and sanitised stadiums.

Life as a Chelsea Headhunter: It’s Only a Game – Marriner’s book starts well before building momentum to become a compelling, convincing and comical account of his perceived injustice. In the convicted hooligan’s view it should have been Donal MacIntyre in the dock, not him. When you reach the end, the reader will more than half suspect he’s right. – Rick Lyons, Daily Star Sunday