Red Army (football)

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The Red Army is a hooligan firm who follow English football club Manchester United.

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Tony O'Neill, a former member of the firm has released two books about the firm, Red Army General in 2004 and The Men in Black in 2006. The name "Men in Black" comes from some of the members of the Red Army dressing in all black to football matches.

The Red Army were featured in the 1985 documentary 'Hooligan' which was based around West Ham United's trip to Old Trafford in the FA Cup Sixth Round and shows the Red Army fighting with the Inter City Firm around Manchester. They were recently featured in North America in a program called "Football Factories". An episode of the BBC drama, Life on Mars centred around football hooliganism by Manchester United fans in the 1970s.