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Nicky Allt was a skint teenager from the tough Kirkby district of Liverpool who wanted something more when no-one would ‘gizza job’. And in the late Seventies that meant clothes, music – and Liverpool FC. He joined a young scallywag crew who dressed different, spoke different and met at the Anfield Road End. Their travels would become legend as the Reds conquered Europe.
The Road Enders were a motley assortment of jibbers, blaggers and fighters to whom every No Entry sign was a challenge and every price tag a joke. They criss-crossed the Continent with Adidas bags and a few quid between them, fighting, joking, thieving and ‘bunking in’ to every match – and had the times of their lives.
‘It’s all about wanting to see a bit of life and being held down or held back by your own social background, being absolutely determined to not let a lack of cash tie you down to the Job Centre. IT’S REBELLION, simple as that.’
The Boys From the Mersey is the authentic voice of the sharpest, roughest and funniest bunch of football lads around and of how they changed the face of terrace culture.
About the author:
Nicky Allt’s critically acclaimed play Brick Up The Mersey Tunnel has recently completed a sell-out run at the Liverpool Royal Court Theatre. He is the author of Here We Go Gathering Cups in May (Canongate, 2007) and he is currently working on a second play and another book.