Rise of the Footsoldier - In My Game, The Choice is a Jail or a Grave

Carlton Leach

• Publisher: John Blake
• eBook ISBN:
  9781857827781
• Year: 2009

The first thing that caught my eye was the geezer with the gold tooth - the second was that he was holding a shooter - and the third that he was pointing it at me.' Carlton Leach is a gangland legend - the mere mention of his name strikes fear into his enemies; yet to his friends he is as loyal and caring as they come. If trouble comes calling, Carlton isn't afraid to let his fists do the talking and woe betide anyone who crosses him, or those close to him. At last, in Rise of the Footsoldier, Carlton gives the full account of his life including how his story has been made into a hugely successful film. Born and raised in East London, Carlton was a key member of the notorious Essex Boys gang and the West Ham InterCity Firm, one of the most violent hooligan gangs to trouble the football terraces during the eighties. He's been shot at, stabbed, glassed - he's even had an axe in his head. Yet the event that really brought turmoil into his life was the murder of his best friend in the infamous Range Rover murders. Carlton vowed that he would find those responsible and make them pay. There isn't much that Carlton hasn't seen or experienced in his life and his tales of violence, gang wars and close calls with death will have you on the edge of your seat. He knows how close he has come to dying and has therefore shut the door on a gangland life. He may have changed but, as he himself says, 'I'll always need to exercise the Carlton Leach brand of justice. It's in me -

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Foreword by Ricci Harnett
• 1 : ’Roid Rage
• 2 : Birth of a Footsoldier
• 3 : Street Fighting Boy
• 4 : Carnage
• 5 : Ghosts
• 6 : Door Wars
• 7 : Bad Vibrations
• 8 : King of the Hooligans
• 9 : Dutch Courage
• 10 : Sorted
• 11 : Viva España
• 12 : Cheque Mate
• 13 : The Benn Years
• 14 : Molls
• 15 : Talking Turkey
• 16 : Welcome Home, Son
• 17 : Raving Mad
• 18 : Four Murders and a Funeral
• 19 : The Next Generation
• 20 : Crash and Carry
• 21 : Dancing Queen
• 22 : Rise of the Footsoldier
• About the Co-Author
• Copyright