10 Facts About Cass Pennant

Cass Pennant had been christened Carol by his biological mother, which was a source of bullying for him, particularly at school.

Cass Pennant who stands 6'4 [2], was a member, and leader, of the Inter City Firm associated with the English football club West Ham United in the 1970s.

Cass Pennant's story is remarkable given the level of racism that was prevalent during the 1970s, 1980s and early 90s in Britain.

Cass Pennant managed to rise to the top and become one of the generals of the ICF despite being black.

Cass Pennant was eventually sentenced to four years in prison in 1980, and was the first person to receive that long of sentence for football hooliganism.

In 2002, Cass Pennant appeared on the Channel 4 documentary, Football's Fight Club about football hooliganism in the 1970s.

Cass Pennant has been a consultant on television programmes such as The Real Football Factories and The Real Football Factories International.

Cass Pennant worked as a consultant and played a cameo role as a riot police officer in the 2005 drama film about football hooliganism, Green Street.

In 2006, he had a documentary made about him, Cass Pennant - Enough Said directed by Liam Galvin, and in 2008 a film was made based on Pennant's life story, Cass, starring Nonso Anozie as Pennant, and directed by Jon S Baird.

Cass Pennant wrote the foreword for Manchester United football hooligan Colin Blaney's book Undesirables and contributed a short piece about Manchester United's rivalry with West Ham.