Football HOOLIGAN: From Jail to Lottery Millionaire Author - Danny Wright's Wild Story

21:59you just end up being yourself in there really and that's what happens if someone says something to you you just fucking stick it on them don't you just the same was there anything in there that made you think to yourself fuck coming back here again because some people go in and out of jail they have a lovely time and they sort of think I don't care if I come back here or not other people that go in there and their cellmate will top himself and it'll just be so much for them they think I never want to go there again for example yeah well obviously not because I went there again I went there again so no yeah so you had quite a nice time I had an alright time, yeah.

22:30I'm not one of them lads, though, that wants to be in jail. I'm sure you probably know lads that like being in jail because it's the only place they can earn money. And they're institutionalised as well. Yeah. So you've done your bird, you get released. What did you think to yourself? No more football violence? Or did you think, I can't wait to get stuck back in again? I can't wait to get stuck back in again. Really? Yeah. I think I had a fight two weeks after being out two weeks, yeah. Fucking hell. I'm assuming your business folded while you was in there. Yeah, folded out to start again. Did you get the fight in first before you started the new business?

23:03No, I think I started the new business today. What was your priorities? Right, bit of Ireland tour, better sort my finances out. Do you know, honestly, back then, football came first. It came first before anything. You know when you come out, did the lads throw you a big party? Yeah. Beer gear, prostitutes. The full shebang. Yeah. Nice. How long did that last for? The night. Just a one-night bender? Yeah. Oh, the ointment needs to up their game, doesn't they? Well, they might have gone longer, but I couldn't go longer. I felt fucking awful. So then, how did it progress again? How did you end up in jail again?

23:34So it were eight years later, I ended up in jail then again. So you was at it for another eight years? I was in and out for eight years then. So when I first come back, I was still at it, but obviously because I was banned, it was getting harder and harder. And then I started, like, earning good money, so I thought, right, we'll knock this on to Ed. And then I come off my ban, and then lads came. obviously because I come off, we started getting a bit of a firm together again. And then we went to Halifax on one of the lads' head wetting. And these lads come in, like, carrying on. So all the young 'uns have filled them in.

24:06But you know what young 'uns are like? They're vicious, aren't they? And we were outnumbering these lads. So I've ended up... But one of them were gamers' fuck, like, saying, come on. Again, it were leads, as usual. It's a bit of hatred for us. So I've, like, grabbed him. And you're going to say this is bullshit, yeah? People are going to think this is bullshit, but it's not. So I've grabbed him and like shook him and says, listen, fucking stay on the floor or they're going to fucking kill you, yeah? But of course I've done that and we've gone off camera when I've done it, yeah? So we're out there, eye of the camera.

24:34It's like, so they've said, the prosecution have stitched me up and they knew they stitched me up. They're saying that they can see my arm coming back and forward, yeah? So I've punched him when I'm off camera six or seven times. But then when I step back on camera, you can still see what they said with my arm going back and forward. I got three and a half years for that. Didn't the geezer say he was shaking me? He never come to court, no. In fact, I think he died before the trial. I think he might have killed himself, actually, but I'm not sure. I didn't know the lad, but he definitely died. Fucking hell.

25:04So eight years in the clean. Did you build your business back up in that time? Yeah, we're doing really well at the time, yeah. So this was more of a kick in the bollocks than the first one? Yeah, definitely, definitely. So in the space of eight years, so what year was the first stint? 2008, 2016. Okay, and had prison changed in that time? Yeah, definitely by the end of my sentence, you could see you like, because they always bang them up all the time now, don't they? I don't think they get out a lot now, prisoners, because they ain't enough screws. So yeah, it definitely changed that way. But it was still probably the same as, like, it's still the same sort of people in there.

25:36I mean, fucking, I must have seen 20 people in there that were in there with me the first time, you know what I mean? It's the same people. Any aggro in there for you? Yeah, a bit, a bit. I broke somebody's jaw. It's always you that's fucking banging people. Not always, believe me. I've been banged plenty. What, in there? No, I never got banged in there, no. So, Geoff, you was all right? Yeah, we're all right, mate. We're all right. I've been having your snout nicked. Yeah, we were there. That was the first time, yeah. The second time, there were like four or five of us all from Bradford, all good lads, and we used to train together, go to gym.

26:09I got this right good job in jail where all I had to do in the morning would go down and like... So you get like a book that tells you what you're doing when you first come to jail, like how you get a VO in or how you sort your visitors out. All I had to do in the morning was that, and then I could go to a gym for a stick to me. And, I mean, surely after two times in jail, you thought maybe it's best I leave the ointment or not? 100%, yeah. I thought I need to stop what I'm doing. But it's very hard to leave, like, all your mates behind, isn't it? That part's very hard. But obviously I don't really go to football anymore.

26:39Sometimes I go, but I try and behave myself when I do. But, yeah, so I did think, though, I need to change my fucking life here because every time I get nicked for fighting, I'm getting sent to jail. And they're just getting bigger and bigger. So what am I going to do? Six years in jail. Yeah, because a lot of people, they'll be fighting all the time and they never get sent to jail. So they must have wanted you in there every time you get caught fighting, you're straight in jail. Oh, 100%, yeah. Especially if you've got a good defence where like, no, I'm shaking him, sort of doing him a favour, saying just play dead.

27:09If not, they'll kill you. That's basically what you're saying. Yeah. And what did they charge you with then? Violent disorder. A violent disorder for three and a half years. How did that make you feel about the justice system? Well, I don't rate the justice system at all. It's a fucking joke. But at the same time, I've got quite a good outlook on life. I kind of thought, well, Danny, you got away with a lot worse than this. So maybe it's just God teaching you a lesson. Yeah, live by the sword, die by the sword. So when you get released the second time, what was your first port of call? What did you do?

27:37What did you change? I think I went shopping when we first port of call. But then obviously I just thought to myself, I can't be doing this anymore. So I need to be like earning money and this is just fucking knocking me back all the time. So I need to stay out. Shifting to work. Yeah. When you were right in the eye of the storm of football violence, what were your biggest hurdles? Police blocking the arranged fire or CCTV? Like what was the thing that got in the way the most? Obviously CCTV were a problem, yeah, but we were quite organised. So we'd go like, if I were setting up a fight with someone, I'd go the week before and have a look at the place and think, right, there's no CCTV here, we'll meet here.

28:15But obviously sometimes emotions can run high, so that was always a problem. But I'd say, like, obviously the biggest problem for me were undercover police cars, because that's what caught me. What about undercover police officers that infiltrated the film? A bit like ID. Yeah. When John infiltrates Shadwell Army, those that have seen the film. Yeah. I think down the years we had a couple who tried it, but again, it'd be very hard to do at Bradford because we're so close-knit. Was you always in a state of paranoia and kind of like vetting everyone? Because for me, I'd think if I don't know this person, all of a sudden he's come and he's chinned a few people he wants in on the firm because also what goes on behind the scenes, what criminality takes place?

28:57Because if you look at the films, the football firm, the violence, the meets, the eruptions, that's kind of a front for something more sinister going on, more organised in the background. Is that the case? There's definitely lads at football who are involved in criminality, you know, like, and they're usually doing it together as well. So, I don't know, let's take an example, cocaine, yeah? So there'll be lads in firms who are selling cocaine, yeah? And they're making a lot of money out of it because there'll be a hierarchy to that. The higher up you are, you'll be selling it down to lads who are a bit lower than you, and they'll be selling it to lads who are a bit lower than them.

29:38Now, that's not something that all the lads are up to. Most lads at football are straight pecs who are electricians, plumbers, all that stuff. But obviously, yeah, if you're a drug dealer in a football firm, you can earn good money, very good money. Did you see a lot of people's lives get completely destroyed through the addiction of football violence? Like someone that is an electrician or a plumber with a wife and a kid, and they just cannot resist that Saturday fight. And in the end, the wife leaves them and everything turns to pop. There's a lot of lads that wives have left them, yeah. And I don't know if it is because of the football or not, but it probably is, isn't it?

30:10Yeah. And then when you left the whole football violence scene, what did you do to fill that void? And was it an emotional transition? Oh, yeah. It was hard. Even now, sometimes I think in my head, oh, I wouldn't mind just doing that one more time. Even now, you feel like welling up.

30:29Fucking miss them days. But sometimes I do think, oh, I wish I were fucking out, you know with all lads doing that kicking someone's head in yeah but what what filled the void definitely like making money i always liked making money that were always something that i liked and i liked like being able to do whatever i wanted to do when i want you know when i wanted it but in the past few years i don't really want to do anything other than write that's all i want to do because like well this is the last six months in fact because even if i go out all the same is you haven't fucking written that book you've got six books to write go back to what you're fucking doing now?

31:03You need to write them. But the thing that has really filled the void for it is that writing because like I've had people come up to me saying, oh, I fucking love your book. And I've had people say to me it's the best book they've ever read, which is a fucking right buzz that I've got to say. In fact, it's better than football that. It's got good reviews, but let me go back to, you mentioned money. Yeah. So talking of money. Yeah. You won a million pound. Yes. On the Euro Millions. Talk me through that story and I want you to get in touch with your feelings now because I want to know what the fuck does that feel like?

31:31Was it a scratch card or? Do you know Euro Millions? Have you ever played it? I've never, ever gambled in my life. Right. When you play Euro Millions, which is like the big one for the National Lottery, every time you play it in Britain, so there's obviously the big draw. Let's say it's 100 million or whatever, yeah? But there's a little code at bottom and it'll be like X fucking, a load of numbers. And someone in Britain wins a million pound on that every time there's a draw. So I'm on holiday and I thought, oh, I'll check my fucking emails. emails, said I've won a prize. I've logged in to check it thinking it'd be£2.20 or something like that.

32:05Fucking looked at it and thought, fucking is that£1 ,000? And I was like, that's not£1 ,000, Danny. Fucking like, I must have counted it a hundred times, you know what I mean? Then I would look, fucking, my bird rinse shower and I would fucking just like Ric Flair. Woo! Woo! Jumping round the fucking room. Absolutely like brilliant. I mean, I couldn't tell you the fucking joy I felt. I can't tell you. Insane. Yeah, what it feels like. I couldn't tell you that. But then, I I'll tell you what was funny, because I were abroad and I rung them. I says, oh, because they give you like a code, you've got to ring them and then you tell them this code and then they say, yeah, you've won the fucking national lot.

32:39I bet they don't want to pay that out. This is what I'm going to say to you now, Liam. So of course I were abroad. I've said to them, oh, I'm abroad on holiday. Do I have to come back? But they goes, no, no, stay out there. They goes, but where have you put this ticket on? I said, oh, it's like a standing order. So it just comes at me, you know, like a direct debit. They goes, oh, that's all right, though, because if you had to put it on like that, we wouldn't have fucking paid you. So I thought, fucking hell, that's all right. But obviously then for 10 days I was thinking, are these cunts going to try and get out of this, you know, and not pay me.

33:08But anyway, they paid me the money. And do you know one thing I'll say? The National Lottery were absolutely brilliant. I couldn't ever say a bad word about them. So one day you're sitting there with your current account balance. Let's just say it's a grand. Yeah. And then just like that, there's a million pounds sat in there. Tax-free? Tax-free. How long did you stare at your bank statement with a lob on for? I think it took me a week to spend out Because I didn't want it to go Half a million, you know what I mean? I was thinking, fucking I don't want to spend this But you know, like, something that's weird about it Do you know, truthfully, after I won that money After a couple of weeks of the joy of it, yeah?

33:48Because I've always earned money, man I've always done alright And do you know what? I didn't really like the feeling of it And I used to think to myself You're just a fucking lucky bastard Everyone, and I used to think this all time, it's weird to say this, yeah, I used to think in my head, everyone in life now is just going to think you got lucky, that you didn't fucking work for this. And it used to drive me a bit insane, you know. In fact, I blew some of it, I think, just because I didn't fucking like it. Self-soothing. Yeah, yeah. This is traumatic for me. Yeah, I just didn't feel like I deserved it.

34:15The only person that wins a million quid is absolutely gutted. Oh, I think everybody's gutted, but nobody's ever told you that. I bet you wouldn't give it back, though, would you? No, I would have thought, no, I'd rather blow it. Yeah, I want to put it on the record that I'd have no regrets. I think lovely jubbly. I've paid me dues and now wallop. Here we go. Did you find out that you had all these friends you never knew about? Once you won a million quid. No, but I tell you what, I did find that out a bit after I did my first podcast about it. Yeah, I had a few people then come back to me. But at the first time, no.

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36:00They just wouldn't see you come and look at that nice, friendly bang. Did you ever use your friendly face to sort of fucking lull people into a full sense of security? No, I would pretty straight up just turn up and we'll fight. Wallop. Yeah. And when you had this million quid, was there any time that you fell off the line? I mean, if you're irresponsible and you've got a million pounds, I mean, it just brings out the irresponsibleness in you. I think money, anyone I know that's coming to money, whoever they are, it amplifies them. So who did you become once you were rich? So good question, isn't it?

36:34That's a great question. Yeah. So do you know what? It actually did change me a little bit. I actually, where before, I didn't really ever, I used to earn good money and I didn't really ever care about it. I used to just be like, well, I want to do this, so we'll go do this. But then when I won that money, I decided like, do you know what? You need to be a bit more careful with this. Obviously, at first, I did blow some. I went to Jamaica and got a villa. I thought I was Richard Branson for a couple of weeks. I went to Vegas. I always wanted to go to Vegas because I like gambling. I'll be honest with you, I did about 60 ,000 in a weekend.

37:05And then obviously, I bought my own house. I bought some other properties. is I put some into a property developing company and then, you know, just being pretty sensible with it, really. Which I wish I wasn't, because, you know, like, if I'd have just blown it all, I think everyone would buy me a book. Because they're like this, they're not interested in you because you're being sensible, they're not interested. No, you want to have a safety net. You get a million quid cleared funds, it's like, OK, let me just shift my thinking a little bit here. A hundred percent. And did the football violence stop after that point?

37:34It had stopped before that. It had stopped before that, yeah. Let me compare the country to, I suppose, football violence, football firms. Yeah. A lot of divide within the country. Is there anything you learn by being part of the football firm hooliganism scene that the country could learn and implement within our society and culture? It's funny you say that, Liam. It's a fucking outlandish question, but you can always learn something from something. Yeah. So what I would say on that, the one thing I learned is, yeah, Do you know, a snowflake, that's God's most delicate creation. But look what you can do when you all stick together.

38:10People have got to stick together. That's what I always think. Especially what I would say, like, British people, they need to start sticking together because all these other communities that come in here, they all stick together. They all vote together. They all help each other out. And we don't do that. And that's something we need to learn how to do. And when you were fighting for your firm, Was you all in? 90 % in? 80 % in? I was fucking all in, yeah. Okay, so would you fight for your country with the same gusto that you did fight for your club? 100 % yeah, yeah. I think the way our country's going, it might even come to that because I can see civil unrest here at some stage.

38:47So it might even come to that. And do you know the one thing that I wish I'd done, if I could do my life again, even though I loved football, I wouldn't have been a football hooligan. I'd have gone into army. Yeah, is there a lot of people with that militant mindset in football firms? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of lads who were in the army as well, but I always think, I didn't like jail, but I did like routine, so I think I would have loved army me. Yeah, well, you haven't got to think, it's just autopilot, this is what you do, or even better, somebody telling you, do that, done. Yeah, I would have loved that, I think.

39:13Ah, okay, so you're the kind of person that can take instruction, or even orders. Actually, now you've said that, I might not have liked it, you know. No. Yeah, I might not have liked that part of it, yeah. If you had a leadership role in the ointment, that's a big difference to being shouted at and told what to do. Yeah, yeah, you're probably right about it. I think a lot of people need that, especially now. There's a lot of people that are just completely lost. I'd imagine the football scene attracts people that are lost. Yeah, 100%. Yeah, yeah. It gives people a purpose, doesn't it? And that's what everybody's looking for in life, aren't they?

39:40Whatever they say, they're all looking for a purpose. And what did being part of a tribe teach you? Just stick together. You're more powerful together, aren't you? Stronger together, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And if you're not sticking together, you're fucked. And what about vetting people, for example? I mean, you get some communities that someone within their community would do something atrocious and the rest of the community, because they're part of the same community, they'll sort of turn a blind eye or cover it up. I mean, we've seen a lot of that in the UK. Let's say, for example, the ointment, you knew that you had a rapist in your firm.

40:09How would that be dealt with? They'd be fucked, Liam. They'd definitely be fucked. They'd be getting battered. But, you know, honestly, if I'm being truthful, if we had a rapist in our firm and it'd come out that we were a rapist, I'm pretty sure we'd never see him again. He'd be fucking gone. You know, like, I don't even think he'd ever turn up, he'd move out of breath, he'd be gone, you know what I mean? Because we fucking hate shit like that. Like, I think it's quite a British thing to hate, like rapists and paedophiles, isn't it? I know other cultures do it, but I think we have a particular special hatred for it.

40:39Yes, I would say that we do. And also, I mean, it's insane that I even have to state this. I mean, we are predominantly white British country and predominantly paedophiles are white and British, which would make sense. Yeah. But we call them out. Oh, yeah, 100%. Like, there ain't no one on my watch getting away with someone like that. I don't give a fuck if they look like my twin brother. It's like, you're going to jail, mate. Oh, yeah. Or you're getting smashed. 100 % agree with that, yeah, yeah. Did you ever, was there ever an occasion where somebody was part of your firm that done something that you didn't approve of and they had to get made an example of?

41:12No, I've been very lucky on that. We've never had any, like, sex cases in our firm. Or fucking hell, if we have, we don't know about it. Or someone that goes home and bashes their missus when they're pierced or anything like that? No, it's never come out that, no. You sure you're not just protecting your own community? No, 100 % it's not happened to me. No, it's not happened to me that. I'm probably sure that we must have a wife be in a firm. We must do. But it's not something that I know about, no. And what do you think about the organisation? From a man that's organised teams and firms and lads and groups of people and different personalities and characters, they all come with their own individual problems.

41:45What do you think about the organisation of our government? Well, I think they're pretty organised when they're all going to fucking Epstein's Islands to fuck kids. But then rest of time, they're not, they look like they're disorganised, don't they? But I think they're disorganised on purpose. I think they do it on purpose. Because I think they want this country to be a third world shithole. Because the more people here, the more people they can tax. And people that come from third world are used to shit conditions. So they can push, like, you know, giving us holidays and stuff like that. They can push that out eventually.

42:15I think that is the plan eventually. So even though they are, they look like a shit show, I think they are actually doing it on purpose. So do you think the open borders that we've got, I mean, I know it's not policy, but do you think it's purposeful? Oh, 100%, yeah, I think it's purposeful. But I think with that as well, part of that is a bit of like, it's a bit of a trick because everyone gets so upset about, you know, the illegals coming in, but nobody actually notices how many are coming in legally, which is, in my opinion, is actually the real fucking problem. That's major. Yeah, major. We're letting in way too many people every year.

42:51Demographics are changing. And I never used to be like this, but I am really like this now. I've started, and people walk like this. I'm for white people, me now. And people don't like that, but I am. Fucking 8 % of the world's white. If we're not careful, there's not going to be no white people in a few fucking hundreds of years. And everybody says, oh, you know, like, you can't be like that, and everyone's got to be the same. But if we went to another country, if a white people went to another country and the demographics were changing like this, the fucking world would be an uproar. I mean, I wouldn't want Nigeria to become any less Nigerian.

43:25No. Or Africa. I like these places to be exactly as they have been for years because it makes it fun to go and visit them and spend a bit of time there and embrace their culture. Otherwise, if the whole world's the same, you wouldn't go anywhere. I 100 % agree with you. When I went to Thailand, I fucking hated it because it was full of Brits and Russians. Mate, I'm the same. There's a place I go regularly. I won't say what it is because I'll have people fucking chasing me over there. But there's a certain place I go and I've taken a few of my friends there and I've said to them, do you know what I like about here the most?

43:54They say, what's that, Liam? I say, there's no one here like us. I like going to places where we're minority because then we adapt to their culture and we take it all in and we show respect and gratitude. But I don't want to be a minority in my own country. We all have to have our own home that feels like home. 100 % yeah, yeah, 100 % agree on that. And being the CEO of the ointment and a millionaire, I mean you've got good credentials, how would you change the country? How would I change the country? This is another unpopular opinion, but I'm hoping Rupert Law is going to do what he says he's going to do.

44:33That's one thing I'm hoping. But probably about two years ago I hoped that about Nigel Farage, so I'm still open on that. But the one thing I would change is, this is going to be so fucking unpopular when I say this, but I wouldn't allow anyone who comes from an immigrant background to be an MP. That'd be one of my rules. You would have to be sort of a native. And when I mean native, people are going to just say this is white people. I would say you can't even be an MP if you're fucking Irish, Polish, something like that. I don't think dual MPs work. Like, you know, dual nationalities, like your loyalties and that.

45:08I don't think that works. So you're now of the mindset of what a lot of people are now shifting towards, that England is for the English. It's not just for the English, but I think decision-making is for, well, obviously not just the English, the English, Scottish and Welsh, yeah? But the decision-making is for them, yeah? So Britain is for the British, and we shouldn't be governed by anybody that's from outside that culture, belief system, origin? No, not for me, no, no. You don't see it in Dubai, you don't see it in Japan, it doesn't work. And I don't understand why this opinion that you've got has become controversial because that's every other country's philosophy and rulebook.

45:45I 100 % agree. Like for me, I'll use these two as an example because they're the biggest two right now. Like, so, well, actually, I don't know what we'd do. If someone were native English and they were Muslim, it'd be very hard to say they couldn't do it, could they? And same with a Jew, it'd be hard to say that. Well, see, I believe England is a Christian country. I agree with that, yeah. And I'm atheist, but I still respect the fact that as far back as I can ever remember, it's been a Christian country and it's been a good road map for people, you know, for their moral compass and their guidance and their faith.

46:16And, you know, it keeps them balanced, gives them a purpose. And when they're a little bit lost, it gives them that spiritual comfort. Yeah. So I think it should remain that way. And I think if someone's loyal to any other faith, then they shouldn't be in a position of power. What annoys me is... And that's controversial. Why? Yeah, I don't see. What annoys me is like when you see... They're two biggest for it. So you'll see like a Muslim, say, from Pakistan in there, yeah? And he'll be, all he's ever talking about is what they can do to help Pakistan. Or then the other one you'll see is a Jew who's always talking about Israel instead of Britain.

46:46None of them care about Britain. So for me, dual nationality don't work. Multiculturalism was a mistake. It doesn't work. Multi-races might work, but multiculturalism does not work. That is my philosophy exactly. Exactly. Multicoloured, multi-race, no problem. Multiculture, big problem. Yeah. There has to be a top tier culture, which is Christianity. Yeah. Yeah. It has to be. That's what it's always been. And, you know, I don't see many Christians hacking people's heads off and shouting God is great afterwards. No, no. I mean, I don't know if they do that in other countries, but I've never seen it here.

47:24They wouldn't get away with it in other countries. Put it this way. And this is how much you have to respect the land that you're in. I've just come back from Dubai. It was quite the experience, let me tell you. But when I was there, see, I don't want to be overtaken in the UK by Islam. Simple as that. But when I'm in Dubai, this is an Islamic country. When I can hear the call to prayer, I respect that. I lean into it. I enjoy it. These are your rules, okay? Over here, you come down on crime real fucking hard. You know what? I'm not going to do that. I'm going to behave. I'm going to play by your rules, your book, whatever you say goes, and I'm going to respect where I am.

48:06But we don't seem to have that over here. No, we don't because we had this bad idea that multiculturalism were going to work, didn't we? That's what we pushed for years, that multiculturalism is a strength. I mean, how has it all been different? How is anything that's different a strength? It's a weakness, isn't it? It always is, isn't it? Yeah, and I think there's no shame in saying, And really, I want to live with people that are of a similar mindset to me. It just makes life a hell of a lot easier. But again, pop around the globe and take on and embrace these other cultures. Great. But yeah, to mix them all together.

48:37Well, I mean, proof's in the pudding. Look at the fucking state we're in. I mean, colours, for example, like the strip, the ointment strip, your shirt, what you wear with pride to let people know this is who I am, this is who I love, this is what I stand for. A bit like the flag, Union Jack, the St. George's. That's now being put through. as actually being put through as a tool of hate by Keir Starmer. I mean, what are your thoughts on the flags being removed? I mean, imagine someone coming up to you saying, right, you see your football shirt, take it off. That's fucking disgusting because I didn't even know about that.

49:07I must have missed that. A tool of hate. Well, it was meant to be kept secret and it's leaked. That's a fucking joke because I love that flag. Everyone hanging out of my window at home. You know, I love that fucking flag. So that's a fucking joke. But this is what I mean. something needs to change, don't it? But do they do all this to get us, like, riled up? And is that what they want? Do they want? Well, usually what they want is they want to give you a problem so they can give you the fix, don't they? So is that what they're pushing for? They want, like, white nationalists out on the street causing trouble.

49:39Is that what they want? I don't know. Yeah, I almost feel like they're prodding nationalists so they react so they can then incarcerate them. I think they want them removed. I think anyone that's got an ounce of pride about their country, where they come from, their roots, I don't think it's welcomed by British government. I think they want you locked up, so if they can prod and prod and provoke and provoke, a bit like Southport riots, I bet they thought, lovely, look at all these fucking white British nationals. We're going to bang as many up as we can, and they did. It does seem like that's what they want, isn't it?

50:12It does seem like that. But we'll stop ranting about the country. Tell me more about your book and what the future holds for you. So this is my first novel. It's called Northern Monkeys. You can buy it anywhere, like Amazon Waterstones. If you want a signed copy, reach out to me. That's better, in fact, because I don't have to give Amazon the 60%. But what people don't understand about this book is, yeah, it's a book that has football hooligans in it, yeah, but it's not a football hooligan book. It's like a gritty crime novel that's basically, even though it's set in Bradford where I'm from, it could be any big city in Britain.

50:46It shows all the problems that cities have, like the drug trade, addiction, stuff like that. But the main thing that it shows is why young working class men make the decisions that they make. So it'll show you like why a footballer goes to football and does what he does, or why a gambling addict is in the book, he's blowing his brains out, you know. So it's more like, even though it's a fictional novel, it's more like a study of working class Britain. Propel Fitness Water. With Gatorade electrolytes, zero sugar and vitamins, Propel hydrates better than water to help you get the most out of your workout and get back to your best self.

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52:01Yeah, some really good moments of humour in it. There's like one of the football who writes a job application to the Bradford City chairman. That's really funny. People love that. But yeah, it's more dark. It's a bit like, like I said earlier, it's my six, because I'm going to do six of the books. It's a bit like a British version of The Wire. So you're going to write another five books. What's inspired you to do these books? I just always had the idea to do it. And then like I always thought, like the first book I always thought would be interesting to show like why football who can do what they do.

52:32and then I thought, right, we'll add a bit of gambling in this. I just always had like this fucking ace idea for the ending and so I just thought, right, let's just fucking, when I want money, I thought, right, you know what, this has given you the time now to write so I've just been writing that all the time. I just thought, I get them in my head all the time. It's like a weird thing like, say me and you are sat here talking and you'll say something to me and I'll just think, fucking hell, you could turn that into a novel and you could do this and do that and it just plays out in my head. You've gone into creative mode.

53:00Yeah, yeah. And is your brain clear? Have you got a clear runway to execute what you want to do? Or is there still a part of you that thinks the police still might have it in for me? Are you at peace now in your mind? I'm at peace, but I think if I, the police still have it in for me, yeah. Because I ain't caused no trouble for basically since I got out, let's say. Which was? So I got out in 2018. Okay. Yeah. So I ain't caused no trouble since then. But if I got arrested for, let's say, football again, they'd put it up that I was still, I'd been out every week causing that trouble when I hadn't, You know what I mean?

53:33And they won't consider these books as you profiting from crime, will they? Well, it's a fictional novel, isn't it? It's loosely based on my life, but there's nothing to say what's true and what's not, is there? Is that why you've gone down that route, so there's no obstacles in the way? A little, but I'll tell you really why I went down that route. It's just going to be honest. Have you ever read a football ooling book where they tell you, we went here and we had a fight with this firm and we had a fight with that firm? And I think they're fucking boring as fuck. That's just my opinion. I don't like them.

54:01so I just thought you could do it, but have a lot more to it, you know what I mean? Yeah, and I suppose it would be relatable for a lot of different individuals. Oh, anyone can relate to that book. I've had like posh housewives read it and they're like, oh, fucking hell, I love this book, you know what I mean? You don't have to be a football fan and like this book. Like I say, there is football hooligans in it, but it deals a lot with like the drug trade in Bradford. There's bits about heroin addicts and girls on prostitution, stuff like that. It's just a fucking crime novel, really. Yeah, because that's got nothing to do with football hooliganism, or has it?

54:34Is that where it ends for people? Yeah, it's nothing to do with football. Like I say, this book has got football hooligans in it, but it's not a football hooligan book. Okay, and where can people find you? They can find me on Instagram, TikTok. On TikTok, I'm NorthernMonkeyTheOrther. You see little videos on there. I'm on Facebook as well. They're the free. Okay, well, I'm going to ask you one more question, but before I do, I want to ask you to like and subscribe to the channel, please, so we can keep having these interesting guests, and I'm going to put all of Danny's links in the description so you can click on him, follow his journey.

55:06You'll see where you can buy the books there. And the final question for you is, if the ointment called you up now and said, Danny, we have got the biggest arranged fight that we've ever had. It's going to be nationalised on the telly. You'll never get this opportunity again. Would you be there with your steel toe cap Dr. Martens or would you say, I'm out? I think I'd say I'm out, but you can never say 100%, can you? Never say never. You can never say what you're going to do. you can't say that an addiction is an addiction but I think I'd say I'm out well if that call does come I'll be interested to see which way you go but until then mate stay out of trouble thank you thank you very much good luck with the book appreciate your honesty cheers mate cheers

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