I was a football hooligan and had 400 fights - this fanbase was the toughest

(Image: Popperfoto via Getty Images) A veteran West Ham United fan, Bill Gardner, has opened up about his past as a notorious football hooligan, claiming involvement in over 400 altercations with rival factions. Now aged 70, Bill was a key figure in the infamous Inter City Firm associated with West Ham during the 1970s and 80s—a period marked by rampant violence in the football world. During an interview with Tony Bellew for the BBC's Gangster Presents series Hooligans, Bellew characterised him as "huge" and likened him to a "man mountain". Bill provided a stark recollection of those tumultuous football years:...