Football, a game of passion, rivalry and loyalty.

But decades ago, beneath the cheers and the chance,

lay a different kind of warfare called hooliganism.

On a match day, everyone was your enemy.

We'll uncover the brutal, bloody battles where punching below the belt was a way of life.

It was just a die of my him. Gangster presents hooligans.

They were destroying the football club.

The game I won.

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Hello. Hello, and we're back with an episode of murder you wrote with Laura Whitmore and Ian Sterling.

It has been an absolute joy hearing about local cases from you, living legends, wherever you're fair.

Where are we headed today, Laura?

Okay, I've been waiting for this moment because this week we're finally heading to Ireland.

The Motherland.

Oh, I love it, Ireland.

It's my favourite place.

Stop, stop, stop.

We did have to take a few detours on the way.

We actually haven't done a murder you wrote in Ireland yet.

We've had quite a few cases, actual full-on cases for Ireland, but we haven't heard from our listeners. You'll be delighted to hear from actual Irish people.

I do. I do. I hear from them quite a lot. Anyway, guess where we're going in Ireland today?

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