There was definitely lots of younger lads (14/20) left the Shed to join the casuals in the 85/86 season. This is a great book for any football loving supporter, as it looks at the life of a football supporter/casual during one of the most violent periods in British football history. We were sitting scratching our heads as to what a soccer casual actually was when someone told us it was fans who didn't wear scarfs and kinda dressed trendy. It's the thing that the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket is trying to bring out, and it's the thing that helped fuel the genocide in Rwanda, or the Japanese defense of Iwo Jima.

Finally, if someone enjoys Flames Of Rebellion and Rebellion’s Fury, which of your other novels would you suggest they read next and why that one? Hearts fans were quick to encourage and help out especially on the waste grounds in and around Parkhead.

Good point and the behaviour of the mob is something Buford has some really interesting things to say about.

With such vast differences in how the two groups view the world they both inhabit, there could be never be any commonality between the two. I've read the (quite good) novel, The Football Factory, written by an insider and Irvine Welsh's bits on the subject (based on experience? Rebellion’s Fury is a science fiction novel, but is there a subgenre of sci-fi, or combination of them, that describes this book better? Always deemed as cowards by some but were soon stuck for words and tails tucked between the legs if words were exchanged. I don't think Mr Allan was a student of English Lit, but Bloody Casuals is a fascinating look into 'Yob Culture', even though it's likely fabricated in large part.As others have said there isn’t really a Rangers friendly pub there but the Peterhead FC social club is a great place for Rangers games especially against the bheasts. Covering up his Glaswegian accent with the excuse that he worked offshore and wanted a fight, he joined ASC and watched on as they battled with fans from across the country. I have never lived in Edinburgh (10 miles south) but a decent part of our support is from outside the city. A Top Boy' in the Aberdeen Soccer Casuals, Jay spent just 60 days behind bars but it was long enough to change his life.