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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name         = Cass Pennant
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| caption      = Cass Pennant
| pseudonym    =
| birth_name    = <!--FIRST NAME WAS CAROL, HOWEVER SURNAME NOT KNOWN AS LEFT HIDDEN FOR NOW Carol-->
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1958|03|06|mf=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]]
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| occupation   = Writer
| nationality  = [[England|English]]
| ethnicity    =
| citizenship  =
| period       = 2002-present
| subject      = [[Association football|Football]], [[Football hooliganism]]
| notableworks =
| awards       =
| website      = http://www.casspennant.com/ }}

'''Carol "Cass" Pennant''' (born 6 March 6, 1958 in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]]), is an [[England|), is an English]] writer and former [[Football Hooliganism|football hooligan]].<ref name="cp001">
{{cite web
  | title = Cass Pennant Author & Hooliologist
  | publisher =
  | url = http://www.casspennant.com/
  | accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref><ref name="observer2276490">
{{cite news
  | last = Solomons
  | first = Jason
  | title = Trailer Trash - Fila dealer
  | publisher = [[The Observer]]
  | date = 2008-04-27
  | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2276490,00.html
  | accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref><ref name="times4130879">
{{cite news
  | last = Leitch
  | first = Luke
  | title = Enough with the tough from a boy named Carol
  | publisher = [[The Times]]
  | date = 2008-06-16
  | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4130879.ece          
  | accessdate = 2008-06-20 | location=London}}</ref>

==Background==
Pennant's mother emigrated from [[Jamaica]] to England while she was while pregnant and he was born in [[Doncaster in March 1958. Six weeks after being born]], [[South Yorkshire]]. Six weeks old, he was abandoned and was placed into a [[Barnardo's|Dr. Barnardo's Home]]. As a [[Black British|black]] baby, Pennant was [[Foster care|fostered]] by an elderly white family in [[Slade Green]] in, [[Kent]] where he was the only black person, and where he states he was "bullied from day one" year after year where he was, and beaten persistently. - "Not just from rivals or other kids, the whole town. Imagine as a kid, you're picked out; people in vehicles shouting out at you, total strangers."<ref name="times4130879"/>

Pennant had been christened Carol (a common boy's name in parts of the [[West Indies]], but unusual as a boy's name in England) by his biological mother, which was also a source of bullying for him, particularly at school. After he saw the [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay]] beat [[Henry Cooper (boxer)|Henry Cooper]] he adopted the name Cass.<ref name="times4130879"/>

The 6'4{{cn|date=September 2011}} Pennant was a member, and leader, of the [[Inter City Firm]] (ICF) associated with the English [[Association football|football]]football club, [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] in the 1970s.<ref name="observer2276490"/> He was eventually sentenced to four years in prison and was the first football hooligan to be arrested for what he was doing.{{cn|date=September 2011}} After a second time in prison he started running a [[Bouncer (doorman)|night club security]] firm in [[London]].{{cn|date=September 2011}} During one night wWhen he refused someone entrancey to a nightclub in South London, he was shot three times.{{cn|date=September 2011}} After he was shot, tThe paramedics who came to see to him did not believe he was going to make it, and were thus surprised when he woke up after a couple of days.{{cn|date=September 2011}} Pennant began writing his autobiography, the first time he was in prison on books that were given to him in English classes but they were seized from him.{{cn|date=September 2011}} The second time he went to prison he started again but this time smuggled the books out and that was the beginning of his autobiography ''Cass'', which was published in 2002.

In 2002, Pennant appeared on the [[Channel 4]] [[Documentary film|documentary]], ''Football's Fight Club'' about football hooliganism in the 1970s.<ref name="guardian020429">
{{cite news
  | last = Kilner
  | first = Martin
  | title = Welcome to the Top Ten Rumbles
  | publisher = [[The Guardian]]
  | date = 2002-04-29
  | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/apr/29/sport.comment
  | accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref> He has been a consultant on television programmes such as ''[[The Real Football Factories]]'' and ''[[The Real Football Factories International]]''.<ref name="times4130879"/> He also worked as a consultant and played a cameo role as a riot police officer in the 2005 [[drama film]] about football hooliganism, ''[[Green Street]]''<ref name="cp001"/>
<ref name="guardian1427964">
{{cite news
  | last = Bellos
  | first = Alex
  | title = Hollywood wakes up to the call of the world's biggest game
  | publisher = [[The Guardian]]
  | date = 2005-03-01
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