Forty years ago today, Millwall’s infamous Bushwackers firm were joined by a band of ‘freelance hooligans’ from Chelsea and West Ham. Luton’s home ground became dangerously overcrowded ...

He argues: “A hooligan is somebody who smashes things ... plastic seats and anything else they could get their hands on at Luton Town’s ground in March 1985 33 cops were injured.

Show more 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 ...

Billiard balls were hurled into the directors’ box, before a pitched battle raged between hooligans and police. David Pleat, who managed Luton that night and for 12 years over two spells ...

But then came one of the darkest nights in football history. On 29 May 1985, 39 people were killed at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels during the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. The ...