Explaining the carnage that unfolded, he wrote: “They all came, motor-loads of them, tooled up and looking for revenge. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

Bill dragged this young man out, but unbeknown to anyone, ‘The Bomb’ set about this chap and gave him a proper hiding. Bernard O'Mahony (Standing) with (seated left - right) Bernie Khan, Danny Woolard, Billy Frost, Frank Fraser, Eddie Richardson, David Fraser, Lenny Hamilton and Nick Reynolds attend the launch party of British Gangster: Faces of the Underworld which will be on Yesterday channel and released on DVD through Revelation Films this November, at Maison Bertaux in central London. Blighty | Cockney funerals Buried like kings Danny Woollard was a notorious gangster from the East End of London. But, according to ex-East End mobster Danny Woollard, he met his match when West Ham's infamous Inter City Firm (ICF) stormed a fight night he was headlining.If they could have got hold of Billy Williams they would have killed him – quite deservedly, I thought, as he had taken a terrible liberty. One of the East End's most notorious gangsters, Danny's life has been one filled action, danger and villainy. And the story about McLean and the famous actors apparently running for their lives was recently speculated about on Youtube channel The Enquirer 1. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The West Ham firm was co-founded by Cass Pennant in the 1970s and garnered a sinister reputation for leaving a business card on the fans they attacked that read: “Congratulations, you’ve just met the ICF.

In each episode, current and former gang members and active criminals are interviewed by presenter and former member of the Essex Boys gang, Bernard O'Mahoney. With unique access to ‘faces’ who have never spoken in front of cameras before, author and former member of the Essex Boys firm Bernard O’Mahoney takes us on a journey through crime culture that gained notoriety in the 60s and brings it right up to date with gripping and emotional tales of a modern day British gangland. Investigation into the gangs and smugglers who fought for control of Essex's ports in the 70s and 80s, turning its seaside towns into their violent playground.

When McLean walked into the dressing room, Barry went straight to his kit bag and pulled out a ‘38’ revolver. Rich in colourful characters and chaotic, often violent events, the book charts robberies, dog-fights, rape, furious vendettas and the frequent brutalities of prison life. In his book Wild Cats, he claimed the hooligans rocked up at Woodford Football Club after an ICF member was supposedly battered unconscious in the audience.

Roy Shaw, McLean, Williams, Carrington, Mickey Rourke and all the actors ran like scared rabbits to the club house, Woody’s, and locked themselves safely away.Towering bareknuckle boxer Lenny McLean gained his reputation as the "hardest man in Britain" from having thousands of underground fights, as well as rubbing shoulders with the criminal underworld. Things turned nasty when a drunk reveller from the crowd grabbed the shorts of a fallen fighter in the ring to prevent him getting back up.

In fact I'm pretty sure they would have welcomed a set too with any firm and no doubt would have given them a hiding to boot. Anyhow, after that, I gave up boxing promoting for a while and concentrated on my scrap business, just to let things quieten down for a while. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Armed robbery, murder, abduction, intrigue - this may sound like the stuff that a crime thriller is made of, but for armed robber Danny Woollard this is real life. This book pulls no punches and is a brutally honest account of underworld life from someone who has experienced it first-hand.