The rise and fall of Manchester City's Young Guvnors mirrored the government's attempts to get to grips with the escalating violence at football matches throughout the 1980s. Here Rodney Rhoden, one of the youngest members of this feared group of supporters, recalls the police tactics that ended The Young Guvnors reign of terror. "This is my story". The story of the Young Guvnors. "The Young Guvnors fought not only on the streets of Manchester against their fellow hooligans but with other firms up and down the country. We sought out rival fans to fight - to say it is not a pleasant story is an understatement. "From our formation in the mid 1980s when organized football hooliganism was at an all time high its a vicious account of how we operated our bloody battles with opposing mobs and ultimately about our demise."

MANCHESTER CITY HOOLIGANS This book is the brother book to the GUVNORS by Mickey Francis, and tells the story how we went to grounds up and down the country causing chaos and looting in town centres, with the undercover police not far behind us posing as hooligans then tipped off the uniformed and the other team of undercover police who were driving around in a BT van and a British gas van taking photos of the mob and videoing, and how the mob had now chilled out because of all the police pressure with their in your face approach and their videoing of us but it was even worse when our black firm would join up with the rest of the mob and the police suddenly go straight to the blacks and they have the cheek to walk around with their badges on kick out racism what a cheek. The mob cant get out of the pub these days even when its going off outside because they are more interested in their pint than to go and kick it off so whats the point coming out and bringing ourselves on top with the police if nothings going down, and they wonder why pure teams are coming down taking the piss just like Birmingham city's Zulu warriors did in 07/08 that's why me and most of the black firm at city cant be arsed anymore . I will still go and bring my video camera only so the police cant try and frame me again, when their is an arrest their video evidence all of a sudden goes missing when it comes to the court case, so i will continue to bring mine and if they film me i will carry on filming them back like I've been doing for years.