I remember enjoying the N40 book, although it was a few years ago. It seemed well-balanced. It's a shame that none of the older lads from Blackpool have written a book. Being from the area, I'm well aware of the Rammy lads from the '70s, Benny's mob, and then the Bisons. They were a scary and game bunch of lads. The resort could have up to half a dozen firms there at any time, and the locals were always involved. The network of bouncers probably informed the locals about who was where, so it kicked off all the time. I thought it was like that everywhere until I started going out in other cities, which seemed mostly trouble-free in comparison. Back then, Blackpool was like the Wild West.
Didn’t really follow what was happening in the 90s. Blackpool was hit hard by acid house and then the rave scene. I think once a lot of the lads had an ‘e’ the violence didn’t seem that appealing, although it didn’t die out overnight.
Strange Like I said bennys mob still going mucker probably got stopped growing after the forest game loads arrested the 80 s was my time never got arrested back then but knives changed it all😊
My half brother was a doorman in Blackpool in the 80s. I was from near Liverpool but had loads of family in Blackpool as my dad was from there. I was a kid, and a fair bit younger than my half brother in late 80s but got 1 or 2 stories off him.
Theres no such thing as a hard man or tough guy, because there's always someone else better around the corner.. i dealt many times with the n40 whilst a steward at stoke city football club...
How about a video detailing the biggest hoolie giant killing upset of all time when Cambridge Utd, led by the notorious General, seriously turned over Chelsea at their peak. Chelsea boys now say it was only scarfers who were attacked, conveniently forgetting that at that time no scarfers went to Chelsea away matches.
they was not scarfers there was about 10 from southend Chelsea geezers obviously a lot more but about 10 from southend when they came home I spoke to about 4 or 5 of them all said they got turned over I was amazed but absolutely true
I moved to Blackpool in July `88. First job was behind the bar at The Village opposite Central Pier. Remember hearing about the kickoff at the No3 and wondering what sort of town i`d moved into. And yet 36 years later. here I am lol...
Yeah the village was at the other end of Chapel Street from Central Pier. Big old venue that was. Went in there one Christmas Day night time because it was the only place open. Not a bad day out in there
@@noelht1 Nahh, The Village was actually on the prom opposite Central pier at the junction of Chapel St. Underneath what was Sequins Nightclub. I believe you are thinking of the Edward VII pub at Chapel and Central Drive, a big old pub which curves around the corner.
Plenty of footage on YT. I had to go live in blackpool for 12 months to avoid 2 years in the nick for my participation. Different town but same reason, 168 lads did a couple of years in the nick. Mental couple of weeks in 2001.
What i dont understand why do all these videos of differnt guys presume because you done a bit of boxing your the hardest man in your area .i know hard men never gone to go looking for trouble but battered some arseole all they want is a quiet life not go on youtube giving the big i am.
Lucky for the bouncers it was the Stoke mob and not the Leeds mob that were kicking around, or even worse if it had been Chelsea or the ICF in town that night and in that situation
When did you manage dixie land? I know someone who worked there she was one of the main staff her brother did the doors aswell not sure he did dixie land though, and this story by steve is bollx , funny thing is mark chester ended up on the doors in blackpool lol
@@strangeexchange1 I was deputy general manager on central pier from about February 1980 until March 1983, running the dixieland was part of the job. Had a great team of bar staff and doormen and some wonderful memories as well as a few stitches, happy days.
@@strangeexchange1 Jt was after my time, I think he was working elsewhere but he had a decent rep. My top 2 were Pete Jackson and the mad Scot Sandy, both handy lads.
I broke both my arms and split my jaw jumping backwards off Blackpool prom getting away from police after fighting with stoke on prom.we were on a coach from birkenhead lol.
@enquirer2.0 the police knicked me ..took me hozy .ripped up charges took me back club were we all were.....only to meet lads we were fighting with lol all went off again ...lol
I wasn't at this little tumble but i can remember many similar days out with all these lads, some good friends of mine still. Around '84/'85 we took two of Walters infamous coaches to Nottingham. The plan was to go to Rock City but it kicked off with a pub full of Forest lads before we got there. All got very messy, with several of our boys getting stabbed & slashed. We got escorted out of Nottingham , then stopped at Derby, where it went off again with 20/30 very game lads , fair play to Derby. Old bill escorted us out of Derby .Mission aborted ! One of many memorable days out.
@@cm-oo1td Bouncers are usually professionals at violence, often experienced in martial arts and a lot of ex-army. A group of coked up “lads” in their favourite Stone Island TK Max clobber, wouldn’t exactly cause them many problems.
@@martinofleeds I know this team from running clubs in Blackpool, the dixieland, jenks bar etc, and they do mean hugo boss suits. They could afford it .
Late 70s and 80s was always a good day out for football, sometimes fkg scary other times fkg hilarious but always eventful.
Cheers Ben.
Thanks Ben.
I agree. :)
‘Grown men’ lol 😂
I remember enjoying the N40 book, although it was a few years ago. It seemed well-balanced. It's a shame that none of the older lads from Blackpool have written a book. Being from the area, I'm well aware of the Rammy lads from the '70s, Benny's mob, and then the Bisons. They were a scary and game bunch of lads. The resort could have up to half a dozen firms there at any time, and the locals were always involved. The network of bouncers probably informed the locals about who was where, so it kicked off all the time. I thought it was like that everywhere until I started going out in other cities, which seemed mostly trouble-free in comparison. Back then, Blackpool was like the Wild West.
Rammy was a force to be reckoned with perfumes were ahead of the bisons at the time grange park maddies Blackpool youth bennys mob still going
Yeah mate ...top place ...I used to Run with Wrexham in the 90s...Blackpool were well game ...it was the Bisons we battled with .
Didn’t really follow what was happening in the 90s. Blackpool was hit hard by acid house and then the rave scene. I think once a lot of the lads had an ‘e’ the violence didn’t seem that appealing, although it didn’t die out overnight.
@@AndrewCowell-sz9dxbennys mob and the muckers were 2 of blackpools best firms,
Strange Like I said bennys mob still going mucker probably got stopped growing after the forest game loads arrested the 80 s was my time never got arrested back then but knives changed it all😊
My half brother was a doorman in Blackpool in the 80s. I was from near Liverpool but had loads of family in Blackpool as my dad was from there. I was a kid, and a fair bit younger than my half brother in late 80s but got 1 or 2 stories off him.
Anyone know a pat or frank meehan from Blackpool? 60s and 70s
Use to be a great nightout blackpool the palace heaven and hell
As soon as you said Gods Very own city of Stoke On Trent I couldn’t stop laughing 😅
Thanks for this post, very interesting
Heard about 60 Chester lads went around to the Millwall end to confront them. That was at Millwall.
Theres no such thing as a hard man or tough guy, because there's always someone else better around the corner.. i dealt many times with the n40 whilst a steward at stoke city football club...
Stoke n40 were no mugs to be fair
What a load of bollocks...grown men its embarrassing
How about a video detailing the biggest hoolie giant killing upset of all time when Cambridge Utd, led by the notorious General, seriously turned over Chelsea at their peak. Chelsea boys now say it was only scarfers who were attacked, conveniently forgetting that at that time no scarfers went to Chelsea away matches.
Send me the details mate contact@enquirermedia.co.uk
LM,he went on to go with Chelsea in the late 90s so I heard.
they was not scarfers there was about 10 from southend Chelsea geezers obviously a lot more but about 10 from southend when they came home I spoke to about 4 or 5 of them all said they got turned over I was amazed but absolutely true
It was the same with Oxford back in the day,they were always game South midland hit squad...
@guddlom7655 the varsity derby...😀
No3 is still there. It’s always been a decent pub. It’s way out of the tourist zone. So it’s unfortunate that this crew descended on it
It changed it`s name for a while, forget what they called it, but went back the The No3 fairly recently..
Walked past earlier as it goes. There were a few bods sat on the benches outside with it being a nice day today 👍🏻
Whitegate Drive?? Wasn’t there another pub around the corner called the No4?? . I remember The Saddle at the other end being a good boozer
How's it going whats plastic paddy's new channel? Can't find old channel anywhere 😮 cheers
I moved to Blackpool in July `88. First job was behind the bar at The Village opposite Central Pier. Remember hearing about the kickoff at the No3 and wondering what sort of town i`d moved into. And yet 36 years later. here I am lol...
Yeah the village was at the other end of Chapel Street from Central Pier. Big old venue that was. Went in there one Christmas Day night time because it was the only place open. Not a bad day out in there
@@noelht1 Nahh, The Village was actually on the prom opposite Central pier at the junction of Chapel St. Underneath what was Sequins Nightclub.
I believe you are thinking of the Edward VII pub at Chapel and Central Drive, a big old pub which curves around the corner.
So basically 3 bouncers did 50 stokies
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Not a chance in hell
Doorman are great storytellers 😊
Fancy having to say fifty times, sorry lads not tonight you can't come in
Blackpool are wankers little club in a shit hole of a place Stoke would take them any day of the year come on Stoke
Would love to hear the story about Stoke City N40 in Oldham that started the riots.
Early 2000s think??
It's on a bbc documentary.
Plenty of footage on YT. I had to go live in blackpool for 12 months to avoid 2 years in the nick for my participation.
Different town but same reason, 168 lads did a couple of years in the nick. Mental couple of weeks in 2001.
i heard they caused £26.90 worth of improvements
@@santorini8423😂
Norman Nimrod was the only doorman who scared the shit out of everyone who had to walk past him ...The man was as scary as hell .
Naughty forty one of the best from talke pits stoke
What i dont understand why do all these videos of differnt guys presume because you done a bit of boxing your the hardest man in your area .i know hard men never gone to go looking for trouble but battered some arseole all they want is a quiet life not go on youtube giving the big i am.
Another great video, always thought you were a stokie, from a fellow stokie, keep up the great videos
Thank you mate sctid
I gave it a bouncer at the Palace in 95 and I'm a little shit.
You're also a little liar😅
@@michaelharrison3602 ok
You mean you did a little shit when it kicked off😂
@@staffh3815 I would now .
No change then😁
Where are they now. I keep seeing videos of a take over of Stoke from the religion of peace.
Nahhh
True
It's fkin everywhere that pal 😠
Really enjoyed listening to that 😊
Thankyou
Jimmy the dancer
So 3 doormen messed 50 stoke up.
Boss suits lol
Met Steve at Eric Masons wedding. Think mixie Walsh lad was also there
Mitzy
Know of a frank or pat meehan?
Lucky for the bouncers it was the Stoke mob and not the Leeds mob that were kicking around, or even worse if it had been Chelsea or the ICF in town that night and in that situation
Great story over all, the stories do have slight differences, we will have to make our own mind up..
Brilliant......
Thankyou mate hope Yr well
@enquirer2.0 Yes, brother...chilling after work... Thanks.. And your good self...
I've been to Stoke and I definitely didn't see god's divine hand at work! Nice video pal, be lucky.
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@@enquirer2.0 subbed for that!
Icf got done in the 80s in the tache,then down the alley by blacks,police nicked a few
Gods own city;;;hahaha duck,,not sure about that,but y'onner far wrong.I grew up down neck end.
There’s always one
Stoke all over 40 the grandpas
Just a comment, but the no 3 was just a pub and not a club and I was the manager of the dixieland and there was no back room, apart from my office.
Don't let the truth get in the way of a load of old nonsense
When did you manage dixie land? I know someone who worked there she was one of the main staff her brother did the doors aswell not sure he did dixie land though, and this story by steve is bollx , funny thing is mark chester ended up on the doors in blackpool lol
@@strangeexchange1 I was deputy general manager on central pier from about February 1980 until March 1983, running the dixieland was part of the job. Had a great team of bar staff and doormen and some wonderful memories as well as a few stitches, happy days.
@@johnmorley9944 haha yeah so iv heard off julie ann and her brother scully ,ian i think hes realy called, was john t, there at the time?
@@strangeexchange1 Jt was after my time, I think he was working elsewhere but he had a decent rep. My top 2 were Pete Jackson and the mad Scot Sandy, both handy lads.
its a good ok
I broke both my arms and split my jaw jumping backwards off Blackpool prom getting away from police after fighting with stoke on prom.we were on a coach from birkenhead lol.
Sounds nasty that mate
@enquirer2.0 the police knicked me
..took me hozy .ripped up charges took me back club were we all were.....only to meet lads we were fighting with lol all went off again
...lol
@@enquirer2.0 thought was only 6ft drop far end prom about 20 ft lol kneed myself in jaw
I wasn't at this little tumble but i can remember many similar days out with all these lads, some good friends of mine still. Around '84/'85 we took two of Walters infamous coaches to Nottingham. The plan was to go to Rock City but it kicked off with a pub full of Forest lads before we got there. All got very messy, with several of our boys getting stabbed & slashed. We got escorted out of Nottingham , then stopped at Derby, where it went off again with 20/30 very game lads , fair play to Derby. Old bill escorted us out of Derby .Mission aborted ! One of many memorable days out.
I heard rock used make a few quid on the coaches and the warm beer ! Great days
Naughty is one of the better footy books so I'd go with this account, rather than the bouncers who are generally regarded as fantasy 😂
They basically told the same story, the stoke lad admitted that the doorman was dropping loads of them
@@angloviking3798 if you carry on reading the bouncers book he will go on to tell you he's killed ten men and can easily make it eleven
@@cm-oo1td Wearing Stone Island doesn’t give you magical powers and turn you into Hulk Hogan.
@@unusedsub3003 I never said it did, just like wearing a dicky bow doesn't
@@cm-oo1td Bouncers are usually professionals at violence, often experienced in martial arts and a lot of ex-army. A group of coked up “lads” in their favourite Stone Island TK Max clobber, wouldn’t exactly cause them many problems.
It must have been an Easter or August Bank Holiday Friday or Saturday night in Blackpool.
Bouncers in Boss Suits, yeah right….
When he said boss suits might not of ment the make boss.boss is a word used for a nice suit aswell.
@martingetliffe yea the word boss means good.smart also mate might not of ment the brand boss.
@@martinofleeds I know this team from running clubs in Blackpool, the dixieland, jenks bar etc, and they do mean hugo boss suits. They could afford it .
@@davidmckay2386 got ya Pal.
steve top fella
He was a bully loke most doormen
😂😂😂irony of it 😜🙄🙄🙄🙄
😅😅😅😅😊
Gods own city lol.
Gods own toilet more like.only one city god created and it's about 40 mile up the m6
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Wolves lads always slapped them up 😂
😂
Yeah right 😂😂😂😂
Wolves couldn't slap their own arses
@@adrianmoore3118 facts don't try deny it 🤣🤣
@@adrianmoore3118 right yes 👍
80s we’re brilliant massive kick offs no arrests 😊
Hardest firm around Stoke
Bull shit and stoke are shit, port vale are better
Don't give up the day job your poetrys lacking
Had a mob in the day vale went with Blackpool couple of run ins nothing serious 😊
@@AndrewCowell-sz9dxYou always shit it when Bolton came to town!
Mr Welles not in my day smashed you every time at your ground and ours 😅😅
@@AndrewCowell-sz9dx yeah another firm that’s never got done 🤔