Scum Airways

Inside Football's Underground Economy

Leesfragment
€6,99
  • Football
  • is
  • big
  • business
  • and
  • it
  • doesn't
  • come
  • much
  • bigger
  • than
  • Manchester
  • United
  • commercial
  • giants
  • and
  • the
  • richest
  • club
  • in
  • the
  • world.
  • But
  • in
  • the
  • shadow
  • of
  • Old
  • Trafford
  • a
  • black
  • economy
  • is
  • growing
  • to
  • rival
  • the
  • commercial
  • power
  • of
  • the
  • official
  • sales
  • channels.
  • Scum
  • Airways
  • is
  • an
  • inside
  • investigation
  • of
  • the
  • Manchester
  • grafters
  • touts,
  • black
  • marketeers
  • and
  • shady
  • dealers
  • who,
  • led
  • by
  • characters
  • like
  • 'Big
  • Tommy',
  • have
  • come
  • up
  • with
  • a
  • remarkably
  • successful
  • money-making
  • venture:
  • Scum
  • Airways.With
  • the
  • expansion
  • of
  • the
  • Champions
  • League
  • came
  • the
  • opportunity
  • for
  • the
  • grafters
  • to
  • move
  • from
  • ticket
  • touting
  • and
  • producing
  • 'unofficial'
  • replica
  • kits
  • into
  • the
  • independent
  • travel
  • business.
  • International
  • Travel
  • is
  • the
  • company
  • for
  • those
  • who,
  • through
  • choice
  • or
  • because
  • of
  • their
  • police
  • records
  • prohibit
  • them,
  • do
  • not
  • travel
  • with
  • the
  • official
  • clubs.
  • Their
  • customers
  • include
  • many
  • 'straight'
  • supporters
  • of
  • Leeds
  • United,
  • arch-rivals
  • of
  • Man
  • U,
  • but
  • Tommy's
  • core
  • clients
  • are
  • the
  • 'Lads'
  • -
  • die-hard
  • 30-something
  • football
  • hooligans.Scum
  • Airways
  • follows
  • the
  • exploits
  • and
  • adventures
  • of
  • Big
  • Tommy
  • and
  • his
  • team
  • of
  • grafters
  • as
  • they
  • continue
  • to
  • build
  • their
  • empire.
  • John
  • Sugden
  • went
  • along
  • for
  • the
  • ride
  • and
  • provides
  • startling
  • insights
  • into
  • professional
  • football's
  • burgeoning
  • black
  • economy.
  • From
  • Munich
  • to
  • Madrid,
  • Amsterdam
  • to
  • Bangkok,
  • through
  • to
  • the
  • streets
  • and
  • bars
  • of
  • Toyko
  • and
  • Sapporo
  • during
  • the
  • 2002
  • World
  • Cup,
  • and
  • beyond,
  • Scum
  • Airways
  • reveals
  • the
  • dark
  • side
  • of
  • the
  • football business.
1 of 230
pro-mbooks3 : libris