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| name         = Cass Pennant
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| caption      = Cass Pennant
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| 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}}
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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 boxer [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay]] beat [[Henry Cooper (boxer)|Henry Cooper]] he adopted the name Cass.<ref name="times4130879"/>

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"<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/2065920/Ive-been-shot-at-and-hit-with-axe.html</ref> Pennant was a member, and leader, of the [[Inter City Firm]] (ICF) associated with the English 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}}person to receive a long term sentence for football hooliganism.<ref>http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/15058879</ref> After a second time in prison he started running a [[Bouncer (doorman)|night club security]] firm in [[London]].{{cn|date=September 2011}} When he refused someone entry to a<ref name="pressandjournal">http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/770588</ref> While working at one such nightclub in South London, he was shot three times.{{cn|date=September 2011}} The 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}}<ref name="pressandjournal"/> 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 ''Cass'', which was published in 2002.{{cn|date=May 2012}}

In 2002, Pennant appeared on the [[Channel 4]] documentary, ''Football's Fight Club'' about football hooliganism in the 1970s.<ref name="guardian020429">
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