Scum Airways: Inside Football's Underground Economy

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Summary: A Good Read On Your Next Flight
Review: Professor John Sugden delves into the highly lucrative black market economy of Manchester's "grafters." Specialists in moving everything from illegally acquired soccer tickets to fake Asian-made brand name clothing. The prof somehow manages to infiltrate the world they inhabit, and documents their tales in a highly compelling manner. This is an articulately told tale, a welcome departure from the cookie cutter hoolifan books so popular in Britain. Though Sugden is sometimes in jeopardy from his study subjects, most of whom are actual or former hard core football hooligans, his ability to insinuate himself within this culture while maintaining a professional mindset is quite impressive.