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30 FOOTBALL CHANTS THAT DIED A DEATH
Douggie John You're Going Home In a F@cking Ambulance! Last heard at the infamous 1987 Scarborough V Woves tear-up - the one where the...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Jul 26, 20246 min read
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The Canterbury Blues Man
Remembering Dan Venes This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you - Don McLean In the fourth decade of the all-out war against...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Sep 10, 20236 min read
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OVERSTANDING
Born in Beckenham, raised in Penge and Orpington, a Cray boy I'd fall in love five times a day, always far too shy to say a word, or meet...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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The Victorian War Against Innocence
Amelia Sachs Baby farming, have you ever heard of such a thing? In the late Victorian period, it became a widespread practice. Babies,...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Jan 20, 20236 min read
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FRANCES BROWN, A PORTOBELLO MYSTERY
Old Notting Hill, London West 11, how many untold stories? I visited Hayden's Place, off the Portobello Road, on a cold December night in...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Dec 20, 20228 min read
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Stoke Newington Police Terrorism in the 1980's
A nightmare revisited : (Copied from: The Radical History of Hackney) On January 1st 1987 a young black man, Trevor Monerville, was...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Jul 25, 202212 min read
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SECONDHAND WAR STORIES
For a man who's never been in the army, I know a hell of a lot of war stories. It is because, throughout my life I've made a point of...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Dec 5, 20214 min read
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The Kitten Miracle
I've known Craig Shaw for donkey's years, he's a brother from another mother. We met in a Harlesden bar. He was the resident frontman in...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Aug 20, 20217 min read
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Resurrecting Bill Hammond
'My underground train runs from Brixton to Bounds Green' - Mike Skinner/ The Streets As dream jobs go, mine is all consuming. I'm head...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Apr 4, 202121 min read
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JACK THE STRIPPER NEVER EXISTED
Here's to Elizabeth Figg, Gwynneth Rees, Hannah Tailford, Irene Lockwood and her unborn child, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Francis...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Aug 23, 20209 min read
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DOUGGIE JOHN
Jun 28, 20200 min read
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Superbad: The Lost King of The Kronk
'If I wasn't down here fighting, I'd probably be down in Juvenile somewhere. This place has changed my life around.' - Bernard Mays, the...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Jun 13, 20208 min read
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BOOT BOYS GONE?
The evolution of English football fan culture During the good-old-bad-old days of five hundred strong hooligan mobs and minimal fan...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Feb 13, 20206 min read
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The Amalga Scooter Club
A UNION OF LIKE MINDS The original Amalga Line up: Tony Jex, Marlon John, Mark Scarrett, Tony Paul and Paul Gardner 'I never thought I'd...
DOUGGIE JOHN
May 4, 20196 min read
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THE "MY WAY" KILLINGS
In August 1996 I stopped habitually smoking weed. During that first year without puff, my dreams became bizarre experiences. In a...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Jan 20, 20192 min read
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TOMMY SHIELS, WHATEVER HAPPENED?
Once upon a prospect great expectations were placed. The difference between British professional boxing in the mid 1980s and today's...
DOUGGIE JOHN
May 21, 20189 min read
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A Life in The Day
I saw the night sneak quickly by and slip into grey daylight attire. I watched the day long and full of regret place my hope on an...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Mar 28, 20181 min read
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Up and Coming. Ten Boxing Prospects.
1) Josh 'Pretty Boy' Kelly Professional Welterweight 2012 World Youth Games bronze medalist. 2013 England Boxing Elite Champion. 2015...
DOUGGIE JOHN
Oct 16, 201710 min read
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FEAR
Can drown you in ankle deep waters
DOUGGIE JOHN
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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WORDS FOUND IN OTHER WORDS
FOUND IN CHARISMA Cash Rash Rim Cram Mash Ash Ah: (Exclamation: used to express a range of emotions including surprise, sympathy and...
DOUGGIE JOHN
May 7, 20171 min read
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