With Football in Days Without Football;

Shocking Stories from Football Madmen

translated by Vahid Namazi, one of the sports journalists of Iran, and published by Cheshmeh Publishing. This book has been popular with readers because it does not only deal with football and covers its fringes. The fringes that sometimes take on a political color and flavor and are involved in society. Dominic Atton writes in the introduction: What you are about to read are stories about the most ruthless, terrifying and passionate football fan organizations in the world. Did you think England had the most hardline and organized football fan organization in the world? Think again! We have done something in this story that will change your view, we have visited gangs of bad boys, we have met their leaders in their territory and under the harsh conditions of their rule, and these meetings have not always turned out well and memorable. We were a small group – consisting of me, a production manager, a director and a researcher who were travelling to capture the activities of these groups and make a television series – but in reality we hardly looked out for each other. Because there were times when support and care were desperately needed. We were shot at, stoned, chased, or tear gassed. We were threatened. We fought and argued with them, always knowing we might not make it home. This is the true story of the events that happened to us during this time. Some of them were recorded by our camera and in most of them we were not allowed to turn on the camera or were not allowed to show the recorded scenes. It can be said that this book is an unedited version of our adventures, which undoubtedly makes a lot of noise when it is released like a big explosion.