Arsenal have never had much of a hooligan following. Even back in the bad old, good old days of the 1970s and 1980s Arsenal never attracted the thuggish elements that clubs like Leeds United, Middlesbrough and Chelsea could boast. I know this is true 'cos I have seen the movies and read the books so there!So at a time when clubs up and down the country were pleading nothing could be done about the hooligans that plagued their clubs we had Badger, Make Money Girls and the police band. And to be honest they don't make for great reading!
But we also had Martin and you can read his story from a programme against Ipswich Town. He used to collect other teams' scarves, preferably when they had been removed from the wrist of one of their supporters.
He does seem to pine for the days when 'you could clump someone on the back of the head and the police wouldn't touch you' so I wonder where he is now and what he makes of CCTV, banning orders et all
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