People dont want to know us. They dont want to know we exist. We have all committed horrendous crimes, and they arent going to understand why were allowed to play football. But its the only thing that makes our lives bearable. We play in a local league - home games only - and it doesnt matter then who you are or what youve done, you can still be a hero on match day. People dont want to know us. They dont want to know we exist. We have all committed horrendous crimes, and they arent going to understand why were allowed to play football. But its the only thing that makes our lives bearable. We play in a local league - home games only - and it doesnt matter then who you are or what youve done, you can still be a hero on match day. For those ninety minutes its your FA Cup, your European Cup, your World Cup. Zebedee, Teddy, Bunny, Nigel, Scouse, Raph, Calvin, Wayne, Carl, Paddy and Riiler. Eleven men - a football team. In every British town there are hundreds of amateur football teams. This team has the usual sprinkling of talent but is otherwise unique: Nine of these players are convicted murderers serving life- sentences at HMP Kingston; the other two are their warders. Chris Hulme spent a season with the Kingston Arrows - watching every game, talking to them about their lives on the inside and out and supporting them in their attempt to win the league for the first time in ten years of trying. MANSLAUGHTER UNITED - the story of the hardest football team in England. A great slice of sports writing Total Football Porridge meets Escape to Victory. A witty, moving and wholly original read ... Like no football book youve ever read Daily Mirror