SOMETIMES ANTI-SOCIAL, ALWAYS ANTI-FASCIST
Jul 18, 2018
5 minutes
TEXT — ALEX KING
PHOTOGRAPHY — OSSI PIISPANEN
A thick plume of pink smoke rises into the air over East London. Just visible beneath it is a man with his face covered by a red shirt, holding a flare aloft. All around him hundreds of fans decked in red-and-white are jumping up and down, thrusting banners and cans of Polish lager about as they chant, ‘No pyro, no party.’ The rowdy mob looks like it’s going to burst through the perimeter fence and onto the pitch any second. It may make for an intimidating sight, but join the Clapton Ultras in The Scaffold and you’ll be welcomed warmly no matter who you are.
The Old Spotted Dog ground in Newham is an unlikely place to start a revolution. With a capacity of just
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