Middlesbrough man Paul Debrick, who earned the nickname “The Brick”, was found dead at his Teesville home on Monday this week.

A 6ft 5in hooligan was filmed in a football brawl that helped him to get banned from EVERY UK ground for five years. For something lighter - and perhaps not a true autobiography ( only he knows) is Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James - at times laff out loud.As direct as a punch to the jaw, he tells it like it was, from knifings and beatings to working the doors and serving time in jail. After years reading science fiction and then fantasy, I watched an interview on Parkinson with David Niven, but never thought much more of it till I spied his autobiography in the library I frequented far too often.

years going to Sunderland games I've seen very little trouble caused by us however if it kicks off the Sunderland lads will get stuck in. His book famously claimed he had been “shot at, glassed, stabbed, arrested and jailed” during his 20 years as a hooligan. As a main face - some say as the main face - with the infamous Middlesbrough Frontline, he has fought literally hundreds of battles against rival crews from all over the country. I played Sunday football with a lad who was affiliated with Arsenal's hooligans (Gooner squad or whatever).

My uncle worked with this man and he never mentioned it once until my uncle was sat in the cabin reading the book. There are people from all over the country coming to say goodbye, big names from the football scene. He was also filmed in a disturbance before a match with Sunderland, yet police told The Gazette that McIntyre wasn’t thought to be part of a firm. True football fans are passionate about the game and the team, but want to enjoy the atmosphere in a calm and fun way. However Sargent will spend some of that behind bars - after a judge recently jailed him for 32 months for being caught with cash and cocaine.