Nobody Knew What Happened to Phil Hickin as a Child
7/12/20261 hr 8 min
Phil Hickin has been known for football, controversy and activism for years. But almost nobody knew the childhood trauma that shaped everything that followed. In this interview, he tells that story in full for the first time...
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First 90 secondsPhil Hickin· Guest0:00
Right. [sighs] When I was about nine, I got groomed. One was in his late 20s and one was in his late 30s.
Liam Tuffs· Host0:06
Fucking hell.
Phil Hickin· Guest0:07
Broke both me arms, put me in hospital, bad. Smashed me to pieces, and she got nicked for it, my mum. After that, I just went wild. You come near me, I'm gonna iron you out. Blue engineering brick, hit him straight in the face with it a couple of times, split him wide open. He picked a crowbar up, he smashed this doorman in the nut. It was claret everywhere.
Liam Tuffs· Host0:23
Did he die?
Phil Hickin· Guest0:23
In the back of my van was a half a kilo of charlie, and I'm like, "Fuck." All of a sudden, our doors went in.
Liam Tuffs· Host0:28
How did you get caught?
Phil Hickin· Guest0:28
Got grassed up. That was naughty. Two or three of them got stabbed. This fella got his arm severed. He was ex-Old Bill. Keeps going in your mum's room. Something's going on. Raped my mother while she had fucking dementia in an old people's home. There was a gun with six bullets in it. I was gonna kill this [censored]. It just fucked my head up so bad. I was doing, like, a bottle of JD a day, couple of bottles of wine. Sniff like it was going out of fucking fashion. It's right out there, mate, with these nonces. No matter what color you are, no matter what race you are, no matter what religion you are, we're coming for you.
Liam Tuffs· Host0:55
Did they cross the line storming your pub, or did you cross the line chopping them up? [claps] Phil.
Phil Hickin· Guest1:05
Nice to meet you, mate.
Liam Tuffs· Host1:06
Thanks for coming on.
Phil Hickin· Guest1:07
Pleasure.
Liam Tuffs· Host1:08
Quick intro, and then we'll go right back to the beginning of your story, 'cause I know it's gonna be a heavy one.
Phil Hickin· Guest1:12
Yeah.
Liam Tuffs· Host1:13
Tottenham lad, born and bred.
Phil Hickin· Guest1:14
Yeah.
Liam Tuffs· Host1:15
You're the founder of the FLA, the Football Lads Alliance.
Phil Hickin· Guest1:17
Well, not the founder, but one of the founders.
Liam Tuffs· Host1:19
One of the founders.
Phil Hickin· Guest1:20
Yeah.
Liam Tuffs· Host1:20
Certainly from where I've sat for the- Yeah ... last couple of decades, the figurehead of the movement, which you put a load of opposing football lads, merged