#198. Former Spurs Hooligan & Guncrime - Frank Portinari

Eventful Lives Podcast

Dodge Woodall

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5 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Frank Portinari is a former gun-runner and football hooligan.

He shares his story of how he went from fighting at Spurs to becoming commander of an extremist group that retaliated against the IRA.

This is the Eventful Lives of Mr Frank Portinari.

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0:00.0	Did you get addicted to the football violent?
0:05.0	Loved it, absolutely loved it.
0:07.0	It was a drug.
0:08.0	That was the buzz because you didn't know whether he was going to get back in one piece.
0:11.0	The fighting broke out to Spicer,
0:13.0	peacefully from Spurs officials.
0:14.0	That was my brother, the camaraderie, the loyalty,
0:17.0	we've got a hell of a lot of attention.
0:19.0	It's trouble as it becomes your identity.
0:21.6	You almost go, is that me?
0:23.6	Yeah.
0:24.6	Is that how the world sees me?
0:25.6	So us as football blokes, through the right-wing politics,
0:29.6	you didn't have to be militant to be a member of the UDA.
0:32.6	We went all around the country.
0:34.6	We got rid of people that we just thought was a waste of time.
0:36.6	Clearly it drew attention to us.
0:38.3	I had warm-y-us. I had two fellows outside. When they approached me, that was military intelligence.
0:42.3	I always say I like to think I acted responsibly because I had the power to have people killed.
0:47.3	You know, I had the power to have people knee cats.
0:49.3	Have you ever in the last 10 years at the fear of losing your life?
1:04.7	Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast. I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens, the world's largest sports and music festival.
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