Middlesbrough Frontline
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The Frontline is a football hooligan firm associated with Middlesbrough F.C.
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man Paul Debrick (known as "The Brick") who became a member of the firm as a teenager during the early 1980s. In 1984, at the age of 19, he was jailed for two years for fighting Barnsley
fans. He continued his involvement in hooliganism until the early 2000s, and published his autobiography The Brick: A Hooligan's Story in 2005. He died on 6 August 2007, aged 42, from a Deep vein thrombosis
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Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
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Members
A notable member was TeesvilleTeesville
Teesville is an area in the Middlesbrough agglomeration in the north east of England, and part of the Unitary Authority of Redcar and Cleveland and in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It has a population of approximately 7,000 residents...
man Paul Debrick (known as "The Brick") who became a member of the firm as a teenager during the early 1980s. In 1984, at the age of 19, he was jailed for two years for fighting Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
fans. He continued his involvement in hooliganism until the early 2000s, and published his autobiography The Brick: A Hooligan's Story in 2005. He died on 6 August 2007, aged 42, from a Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein. Deep vein thrombosis commonly affects the leg veins or the deep veins of the pelvis. Occasionally the veins of the arm are affected...
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Further reading
- DeBrick, Paul (2007). The Brick: A Hooligan's Story , Milo Books, ISBN 190385461X
- Theone, John (2003). The Frontline, battling for the Boro, Milo Books, ISBN 1903854180