Hilarious ! - Rated 
Apart from being one of the most boring reads I have had in a long time, it is also one of the funniest. I have read quite a few of these hoolie books.....and to the best of my knowledge, not one of them mentions the vile! Reading through this book, you would have thought the jokers from witton would be up at the top with the best!!! The comments about the "racist Trooper Boys" were priceless.
It must have taken all of a weekend to write!
PANTS!
Truthful and gripping account of the 'facts' - Rated 
As most of the other reviewers have said what puts this book above all the others is that it is truthful - infact I've even been told by Birmingham City fans that they prefer the Villa book because the Blues 'Zulu' alternative is so obviously unrealistic and avoiding of the true events that took place. Furthermore, whilst clearly not regretting what they did, the authors do not glorify football hooliganism or try to give the impression that the reader should in anyway look upon what they did as being good. As a Villa fan myself it did at times make me feel proud that these guys were representing our club off the field at a time when terrace dominance was as important if not more so than events taking place on the pitch.
The continuity of the book is excellent as the 'firms' begin, develop, evolve and change with the times. I thought the chapter(s) documenting the period between 1980-1982 were particulalry gripping. Whilst Villa were winning the domestic championship the terrace boys had to emulate the team by dominating the terraces and then they had to do it abroad...
Villa Hooligans - Rated
A very good read; not like many of other firms egotistical and exagerated accounts of what happened in the 70's, 80's and 90's. Authors speak honestly about beatings they have taken and served up. Totally unlike the 'Zulus' version which I would recommend that you avoid at all costs.
As it was - Rated
A book that is full of the drama and edge of football in the seventies/eighties.No big i ams,just a solid bunch of mates who laid themselves on the line for each other.As someone who was present at many of the games mentioned including the Anderlecht early morning ground "break-in",i can vouch for the honesty of the writing.A history of how important the club was to so many and the honour in following them.
Reccommended.
Villains review - Rated
As a Villa fan, and knowing most of the guys personally it would be easy to write a biased review, so will try and be as unbiased as possible, firstly, the humour portrayed in here is a first compared to anything in any other book Ive read.
Ive read most of the football violence books and most of them are the usual " 5 of us went to Millwall, and smashed 300 of them", no you didnt !! they are mickey mouse bull**** stories, these lads have as many stories of getting the wrong end of a result as well as the good days at the office.
The lads concerned put their stories across well, and are brutally honest, Paul Brittle takes more slaps in once incident at Leicester than the whole West Ham firm take in their book. Dannys chapter about Liverpool at home is harrowing, as it takes you into another world of violence that most people can only have nightmares about, never mind being involved in.
What I did like was the way the sub chapters within each chapter are told by a different lad with a different angle, and the story flows nicely, without you getting bogged down as if one person alone had written it.
The chapter about Blues is good, as it gives them credit for being a class firm in the mid 80's and only a fool would not acknowlege that, but also ridicules them as a club, Brittle is so funny(and spot on)when he describes the differences between the 2 clubs .
All in all one of the best books Ive read on this subject, along with Naughty by Mark Chester of Stoke, and The Frontline by Boro.
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