England
Gangland England: the doormen, the firms, the fighters and the jobs.
Paul "One Punch" Doyle and the night Ajax's top boy picked the wrong man
Amsterdam, 1998. A six-foot-five Dutchman walked up to a Salford man on a pool table and told him who he was. It was not his lucky night.
Damian Noonan v Paul Doyle, the straightener nobody agrees on
Salford's One Punch Doyle against Manchester's Damian Noonan, bare knuckle at the Inn of Good Hope. Doyle says he won it. Some who watched say otherwise.
Paul Massey v Paul Doyle, the friends who went to war over Salford's doors
They grew up fighting side by side in Salford. Then a party in Ordsall ended with a gun, and the door war began. Only one of them lived to write about it.
Ronnie O'Sullivan Sr and the killing of the Krays' driver at Stocks
Chelsea, October 1991. Charlie Kray's old driver died on the King's Road pavement. Two stories of that night were told, and only one was told in court.
Roy Shaw v the doormen of Hollywoods, the night the Guv'nor came back with a hammer
Romford, 1988. Roy Shaw stood outside a wall of glass with ten men behind him. The doormen inside had been told not to open it. One of them did.
Frank Mitchell, the Mad Axeman Who Trusted the Krays
The Krays sprung Britain's most feared prisoner from Dartmoor. Twelve days later he climbed into a van, and nobody has seen him since.
The Frank Warren Shooting, and the Question Nobody Answered
A masked gunman shot Britain's top boxing promoter outside his own show in Barking. A world champion stood trial. The jury cleared him in four hours.
Geoff Thompson and the Last Fight on the Door
Coventry's most feared doorman was asked to throw out the city's worst bully. He went in shaking, and after that night he never worked a door again.
Jimmy Moody and the Hit at the Royal Hotel
He escaped Brixton with an IRA bomber and stayed free for 13 years. Then a stranger ordered a pint he never drank, and fired four shots.
Kevin Lane v Gary "Tyson" Nelson on the Whitemoor Football Pitch
Inside Whitemoor, Kevin Lane switched wings so he could mark the most feared man in the prison on a football pitch. Then he took him out of the game.
Lenny McLean and the Man Who Attacked His Daughter on Old Ford Road
A man jumped two girls on an East End street and waited for the father with an iron bar down his trousers. The father was Lenny McLean.
John L. Gardner: The Champion Boxer Attacked by a Gateshead ‘Maniac’
The night a Gateshead maniac attacked champion boxer John L Gardner. Who would save him?
Fred Foreman: The Night a Girl’s Jaw Was Broken in His Club
The true story of Club 211, Balham — the night a bully punched a teenage girl and faced Fred Foreman’s brutal response. Britain’s underworld, properly told.
Graeme Boardman: The Salford Doorman Who Vanished
Graeme Boardman was a Salford doorman feared as one of Britain’s deadliest fighting men. Handsome, softly spoken and lethal. Then he vanished. This is his story
Cliff Hobbs: The Premier Division Villain Who Broke Out of a Prison Van
Cliff Hobbs was a Premier Division Bermondsey armed robber who broke out of a prison van at gunpoint in 2003. Then, behind bars, he helped halve the violence.