its true we did have hooligans but most clubs did ,, many werent actually supporters merely goons who wanted an excuse to fight , one of the first big hooligan gang was the self styled "Red Army" Manure fans . Our bad press really did start with Ken Bates having his private war with The Daily Mail and other newspapers .. The level of Press hatred stepped up a few levels when Roman came in and we started to challenge the "loved ones" , It went up another few levels when we started to win . A last point about the treatment of fans ,, in the 70s fans were treated disgracefully by the police. fans charged by mounted police ,, fans struck by police just to show they could . trains held outside stations so fans missed the start of games . The police were savage and exacerbated the situation. Any bad fan behaviour was highlighted by the Tory Press .. The police are a good deal better but if anything the Media are worse ...