Riot City Blues
“In fact, you can dismiss the significance of the February 15 march altogether, no one took any notice, Tony Blair still had his war despite Worcester Woman taking to the streets to make her polite protest. What was more significant were the disturbances at New Cross outside Millwall FC in 2001 — a lot of people were involved and got hurt there, a lot of police were injured in what was a mobilisation of non-political aggression. But because it’s football violence its significance is felt to be lower.”
Violent London author Clive Bloom interviewed by Andrew Stevens.