The Football Factory Av John King

<p><i>The Football Factory</i> centres on Tom Johnson, a reasoned ''Chelsea hooligan'' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. We are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, racism, casual violence, excessive drink and bad sex - and, perhaps more importantly, how they fall into a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. <br><br>Graphic and disturbing, sometimes very funny, and deeply affecting throughout, <i>The Football Factory</i> is a vertiginous rush of adrenaline - the most authentic book yet on the so-called English Disease.</p>