Documentary on 657 crew and hooliganism - Portsmouth FC

More info here A documentary of the Police and their battle to contain the antics of Portsmouth’s 657 crew . For a small city Pompey’s best lads punched well above their weight and gained national notoriety for their antics, particularly away from Fratton Park. A natural progression from the Pompey Boot Boys of the 1960’s this tasty little firm came from Portsea Island. Being the most densley populated City in the UK the boys had a great degree of loyalty to each other as they were mainly close mates. IT has to be understood that Firms in the 1980’s were a progression from the original skinhead crews of the 1960’s and they represent British culture of those eras. It was about fashion, music, camaraderie, turning your nose up to authority. It was about the emancipation of English youth. In the 1960’s hooligans of the skinhead era were aged 13-19. By the 1980’s most were in the age range of