The hardest edge of football’s soft power – a daring insider’s guide to the violent but complex world of ultra fans
). The “1312” of the title refers to the alphabet code for ACAB, an ubiquitous acronym which stands for “all cops are bastards”. It’s that which unites the movement: there is, Montague writes, a “mistrust in any type of authority”. There’s a bloody-minded contrariness to the ultras. It is typified by the wordused by its members from Hadjuk Split: “a term of defiance that roughly means to oppose something no matter the consequences …Montague is a brilliant and daring guide.
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