The English Disease | Legacy

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Football hooliganism is a dirty phrase in England. Say it and people will think of the 80s – the dark old days. Today, those terraces look very different. But the stories – of organised fights, of pub brawls, of banning orders – haven’t gone away.

We see them everywhere on our social media timelines: a steady stream of violence swallowed by smartphones and regurgitated for hungry eyes online. This series digs deeper – beyond the stereotypes and tabloid headlines – to understand this violent subculture and why it’s forced its way back into our society in 2024.

Embedded in our national sport, this is a story of class consciousness, rebellion, and adventure turning to embittered violence, tribalism, and greed. It is a story of what happens when society disenfranchises its people, dismantles its social structures, and pits them against one another.

This is the untold story of The English Disease.

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OCT 29, 2024

Episode 6: This Thing of Ours

In the final episode, Sam returns to east London to confront some home truths and speaks to someone who might hold the key to understanding the English Disease…

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48 MIN

OCT 22, 2024

Episode 5: The Price of Brotherhood

Tensions are rising across the country until, one night in July, a single event changes everything…

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47 MIN

OCT 15, 2024

Episode 4: The Mask Eats the Face

A WhatsApp group for football banter started as an escape from the real world. But it soon became a command centre for Britain’s culture war…

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45 MIN

OCT 8, 2024

Episode 3: Us vs Them

A young man in Sheffield attacks a rival supporter with irreversible consequences... But his story isn’t an anomaly. It’s a blueprint.

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40 MIN

OCT 1, 2024

Episode 2: The Englishman

Sam travels to Nottingham to meet a hooligan known as ‘The Englishman’ who used football violence to navigate the fractured ideals of working-class masculinity.

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32 MIN