From the Publisher
Terrace Banter was launched in October, 1998, as a football imprint of S.T. Publishing. Over the past decade football as a spectator sport has changed beyond all recognition, particularly for the ordinary fan. A great deal of working class culture and tradition is being cast to one side so that football can appeal to a new market, that of the "soccer fan". Through Terrace Banter we hope to put down in print the experiences of the ordinary fan before they are lost forever in a sea of plastic seats and replica strips. Unless we document our own history, it is left to outsiders and the mass media to be judge and jury. Invasion And Deportation - A Diary Of Euro 2000 is a book by two football loving lads who proudly followed England over land and sea for both the qualifying games and the finals of Euro 2000. It provides a raw insight into what it's like to be an England fan, particularly abroad, where it seems you give up your rights as soon as you wave a St George's flag.