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De autobiografie van een levende legende In Van hooligan tot gangster - de vertaling van de Britse bestseller Rise of the Footsoldier - vertelt Carlton Leach zijn fascinerende en schokkende levensverhaal. Leach is een legendarische figuur in de Londense onderwereld. Hoewel Carlton Leach opgroeit in een keurige familie in Oost Londen, treedt hij op jonge leeftijd toe tot de harde kern van de voetbalclub West Ham United, de Inter City Firm (...

The first thing that caught my eye was the geezer with the gold tooth - the second was that he was holding a shooter - and the third that he was pointing it at me.' Carlton Leach is a gangland legend - the mere mention of his name strikes fear into his enemies, yet to his friends he is as loyal and caring as they come. If trouble comes calling, Carlton isn't afraid to let his fists do the talking and woe betide anyone who crosses him, or those...

Born and raised in East London, Carlton was a prominent member of the notorious West Ham InterCity Firm, one of the most violent hooligan gangs to trouble the football terraces during the eighties. Having earned his reputation as a fighter, it wasn't long before he started working the doors of some of the roughest, toughest clubs in London.

Carlton Leach is a man to be reckoned with: make a friend of Carlton and you have an ally for life, cross him at your peril. Here he presents his life as a key member of the dreaded Essex Boys gang which ran riot in the eighties and nineties, sparking a savage drugs war.