The Night R*ssian Bouncers DESTROY Essex Gangsters! Documentary

[@Rick-xp5sy]

Who’d want to live like these people, nothing to gain and all to lose.

[@bibastarmedia9650]

05:37 Police role hasn't changed in many ways? or got worse?

[@ProfessorM-he9rl]

Thanks Ben, great post. As someone who grew up in this area and frequented the places mentioned regularly it really is good to see that these guys protected their customers and sorted out the crap. BO'M, no comment, we all know what he is.

[@enquirer2.0]

Yes perfect sense thankyou very much

[@pauliedibbs9028]

These videos have been utterly AWESOME!

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou Paulie respect my friend

[@derekstocker6661]

Love to hear these guys telling their door stories, they make life so very interesting for so many I am sure. Thanks for these, well done as always and look forward to more of the same!

[@davidpowell9713]

I know Russian Andre! We used to train in the same gym in Essex , he’s a lovely fella, and his wife is absolutely beautiful. It’s good to hear that he is well

[@enquirer2.0]

Yes mate doing well there on holiday at min he watched video last night lovely guy

[@mattlegg1976]

Brilliant as always mate. And it was great getting together with yourself Russian Andre, Dean and Norman that day. 🥊

[@enquirer2.0]

Cheers Matt thankyou mate looking forward seeing u soon and your next video. We got a few good nights coming up b4 xmas if your free the Nooyou launch and Stef Hanks show he's one of the lads in Stoke

[@Ironsmiler]

Racking my brains about how Polish Michael and Russian Andre got their nicknames...

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

Michael was a shoe shiner and Andre was always in a hurry

[@mickymac6571]

​@@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood😂

[@Ironsmiler]

@@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood That explains it!

[@andybell5943]

😂😂😂😂

[@olivere5497]

​@@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhoodim 10 hours late to say the same thing.

[@HarpOfDaghda]

My Dad was a doorman in Birmingham during the 90's. Old school but doormen today are for the most part arrogant bullies.

[@GRUTTLaw]

Doormen today are SIA wearing Nancy's! The 80/90s had the proper gorillas 😊

[@paulinman6762]

The Que club in Brum was rough in the nineties

[@WorldCupWillie]

There were plenty of bully wrong'un doormen in 80s & 90s. I think of 2 incidents off the top of my head were a woman was graped in the club by a doorman.

[@steveweller7240]

I retired from the doors 10 years ago got sick of suit fillers who cant finish a fight

[@Robbie-i7q]

When you're pissed liberty's getting a rep nar

[@karenleeM]

80s and 90s were the days ! Thanks for the upload 👍

[@TonyChowder]

Top tier narration as always

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou mate

[@martyjago8636]

Great video again mate all the best from Newcastle 👍

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou mate great City

[@daveytrump6516]

Great vid mate! Fantastic watch, cheers

[@karenglenn6707]

Boy the clubs and pubs that I went to in Melbourne Australia in those days were nothing like this! And for that I am truly grateful 😂. Saw one brawl in my life in our country town that spilled out onto the roadway and the boys from the police station ( where I worked my self at the time) had to come and sort it out but no harm was done, just guys pushing each other. As a female it was interesting to watch and the guys just looked ridiculous. Never seen a female brawl in my life. And no ecstasy or any other drugs, we must have been so tame. We went to good pubs though to see live bands and that attracted a different crowd I think. Testosterone has a lot to answer for, all of these crooks trying to outdo each other. This is why we have wars 🤣

[@leesaunders9102]

You like femboys then? These bouncers kept a lot of people safe, thank god for testosterone. Rather live in a world where men are ready to fight and die than cower under a table and whimper.

[@davehall8921]

I agree with you, and especially regarding pubs/clubs that played live music or other forms of entertainment for the customers,and then there's the other kind of pubs/ (night)clubs) where if y're lucky you'll walk back out of on y're own two feet, and all y're teeth still in tact lol. I'll stick to the ones that play live music thanks. 🎤🎶👍🍻✌🇬🇧

[@karenglenn6707]

@@davehall8921 the crowds to see bands were not looking for drugs to keep on dancing all night, we just wanted to enjoy the bands for a couple of hours. Sometimes there was more than one band but still nothing like a rave. Melbourne had a wonderful live music scene in the 70’s (AC/DC with the one and only Bon Scott so many times as a teenager) and through the 80’s with so many great bands (Aussie Crawl, Men at Work, The Angels, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, we were spoilt for choice every weekend. It was a brilliant time to be alive! 🇦🇺 Best wishes to you.

[@astrazenica7783]

Smaller town/city bouncers were the worst in my experience of the 90's

[@Shaunabel1234]

Class insight, love to hear the old stories of proper doormen, proper hard men, it’s not the same anymore. Hats off to them all, their stories are unbelievable.

[@Marc-Anthony00]

Funniest thing said in this was Carlton Leach saying "believe me!!" 🤔🙄🤣😂🤦🏻‍♂️ If he says good morning you might wanna check to see if it's before midday!! Because he's full of 🐂💩

[@markharris6819]

Another banger great stuff again 👏 👌

[@jamiesmart9016]

Love these old history lessons true hard men right there, my mrs uncle was a doorman in hull back in the day,he has a few stories, i find it all fascinating

[@Alvarius_official]

Grew up around this come from fobbing Essex . Glorification of it has just made the area unsafe even today. It's almost a street credit to your self to be like these guys. And to think ecstasy makes you feel love and look at the violence that come with it....

[@michaelkelly3638]

Do you know the stokes brothers ?

[@ruzziasht349]

@Alvarius_official Trust me brother, ecstasy doesn't' make anyone violent. It's the packet and champagne that sent them all bandy.

[@Alvarius_official]

@@michaelkelly3638 I know many people around here. It’s not good I avoid these people, as a teenager I thought it was cool to be like this ,I’m in my 40s now, I live in a village full of wanna be gangsters and junkies and yer that packet somehow is everywhere , it’s shame full.

[@Alvarius_official]

@@ruzziasht349 packet everywhere. You know it has a sinister ingredient inside it harming everyone. North to south every pub club someone’s got a lottery ticket full of powder for you. Wonder what’s inside

[@davidrudd9032]

I used to get bodywork on my cars done in Fobbing. Hippy looking bloke, long hair. Can't remember his name but great at his job

[@SacredNutrino]

Who would look at lenny mclean and think "ill have him"

[@petedavid5127]

A suicide case

[@4002corbe]

Not I, sir …

[@SMOKEY-Junior]

I appreciate the watch mate 👌

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou mate

[@Jay-p9z]

Ben an absolute brilliant video honestly pal ur research and uploads just keep getting better as an Irish man Michael Kelly is well known, also being born n bread in Dublin I've became good friends with both Russian and polish throughout the years,the likes of these doormen are proper old school who I totally respect Ben great stuff say hi to Matt from me please best wishes regards Jay 👍

[@enquirer2.0]

Will do Jay very kind words thankyou my friend

[@Jay-p9z]

@@enquirer2.0 ur welcome pal 👍 top man ben

[@piet5756]

Another banger 💯💪🏻🇬🇧 Had to edit this it really was fcukin brilliant

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou my friend

[@Craigox001]

Good video nicely narrated. New sub

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou very much

[@gordy3714]

Nice work Ben.

[@GIANTL]

Really good video as a ex bouncer love hearing stuff from past

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou mate

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

Enjoyed that jimmy from Newcastle

[@DavidMonk-t6j]

Enjoyed this one

[@MCS2104]

Another excellent one 👌

[@nickbeauchamp5984]

Thanks Mick, glad someone told these stories, hope you are well. Russian Nick.

[@michaelkelly3638]

Nikita ???

[@nickbeauchamp5984]

@@michaelkelly3638Yes Mick

[@nickbeauchamp5984]

@@michaelkelly3638 Yes Mick it’s me

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@nickbeauchamp5984 Get in touch lad ! It’s been too long

[@stuartconway2279]

Great Video

[@brianhegarty2902]

Being a Basildon native I have a very good idea who Security Boss "Smut" is.

[@michaelkelly3638]

Would you know what ever became of his partner Pete tanswell. Crazy guy but I liked him a lot

[@hod2116]

@@michaelkelly3638 I can ask him

[@hod2116]

@@michaelkelly3638 I'll take that as a no then

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@hod2116 ahh no rush. What’s another year 🤷‍♂️😎

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@hod2116 thanks, I’d like to meet Pete again. Was sent down last time I saw him

[@michaeldunn7554]

As a 60 year old born & bred Deptford SE8 lad (and still here) and massive Millwall fan, I remember many doorman back in the day in the Old Kent Road and Bermondsey pubs/clubs/wine bars/spielers we "frequented" and in those days doorman were mostly local hard men who were brutal at times lol. But luckily I didnt come across the celebrity bouncers like Lenny, Mr Kelly and the Russians thank fucc. They were not to be played with especially by a 10 stone waif like me 😅 Harry Haywards club in Deptford was our regular club and he was a character shall we say but he looked after his own so we had great times in there. The Arifs club in the OKR was one not to fucc about in as well. Enjoyed this one my friend and the stories from Mr Kelly in particular shows who was watching them doors and what they could do if you stepped out of line....!!!

[@henryclarke5363]

The old kent road back in the day, not the faint hearted !

[@michaeldunn7554]

@@henryclarke5363 Most of the pubs in the OKR had licences until 2am which in them days was about the latest you could legally drink to unless you found a decent unliceced gaff lol. The Henry Cooper, The Dun Cow, The Kentish Drovers, World Turned Upside Down, Green Man, and lots more pubs on the OKR and The Fort in Bermondsey was a bit lively so was the The Fellmongers. Mental memories 😅

[@Scoupat]

From Liverpool 👏👏👏👏 quality videos.

[@Big_Vern69]

None of them would’ve stood a chance against Big Brian Cockerill, the world’s hardest & strongest man, undefeated in 45,000 street fights.

[@Stopwiththebullshit]

Eazy​@@Leeside999

[@colinheaton4192]

Yeah, but did he fight Ronny Pickering?

[@DMWBN3]

Nah, Paul Sykes would bash Brian. One thing though 'SHARKS'

[@gunner.69]

45,000 yeh right, they probably couldn't count that far 😂

[@Blacksheeps4929]

Ronnie was a legend of his own making​@@colinheaton4192

[@stephenmcarthur-yn1gl]

another great video thanks Ben by the way out of curiosity who won the fight at weekend

[@enquirer2.0]

Hi mate beterbiev but was very close

[@service2204]

Used to work in basildon for everest when I was 18 I come from Scotland fucking loved the place especially at night ended upnin Southend 1 Friday night Kings nightclub went to toilet bought 2 ecstasy tablets and came to in kebab shop with everyone fighting spent the weekend with random lads mum thought I was dead 😂 was too naive to know the place was wild miss those days

[@bungledandbotched1771]

Moon on the square, memories, Witherspoons are tight the place had two doors and only two doormen, did a good job considering. Big contract that Luminar gig, RIP Mr Thomas.

[@711honved]

Just did a double take of your comment! I knew Steve well back in the late 70's when he managed Ronelles, in Luton. He went on to manage Ronelles in Cambridge & I'd go over for some great nights out. He went on to found the Chicago Rock Cafe & the rest is history. I didn't know he had passed, RIP Steve.

[@henryclarke5363]

that tottenham club was wild

[@K_j_M]

Quality that Ben

[@ruzziasht349]

Lenny worked at the Camden Palace for christsakes - hardly a rough venue. Bentleys (old bridge house, canning town) had a proper door back in the mid 80s.

[@michaelkelly3638]

Unfortunately, nice venues are visited by trouble too 🤷‍♂️

[@ruzziasht349]

@@michaelkelly3638 you never went to the Camden Palace did you? Not exactly the Kings, in Seven Kings. The Palace was always full of nice people, wasn't boozy at all.

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@ruzziasht349 I fought several times at the kings and yes I’ve been to the palace. I agree they’re different, but I meant classier joints brought more dangerous trouble than any dive bar Ive worked.

[@ruzziasht349]

@@michaelkelly3638 The kings was like a warzone some nights! Classier joint bought more dangerous trouble? that surprises me.... Camden was always full of rich kids, with the boys wearing eyeliner - perhaps I went on the wrong nights hahaha

[@Liverpool-s5n]

Very well presented and down to earth, no glorification, and the police, as ever, cowards

[@tankthelord1178]

Good one.

[@type1krush205]

Kelly is true stand up irishman The A Team tried to stick it on him and told them to bollox

[@scottstinton6192]

This page us quality

[@Richard-zt2zo]

Ah, the good old days at least there was no crack or smack about then Sadly these days it's everywhere in Essex 😢

[@RubbishGimpy]

Moon and Square has gone completely now. I think there building flats on the site. I walk past the The Lord Denham last week and peered in. Its hard to believe these pubs were problematic once. Pub culture doesn't exist anymore.

[@sub-zero7008]

The police took Tucker, Tate and Rolfe out 😳

[@davidmckay2386]

Brilliant

[@paulb8603]

Good door staff at Berwick manor, a situation happened when it became a busy venue and the shit started to spoil peoples buzz , the person was removed no fuss and we parted on dudes. for a punch up it wes kings club

[@eddiemclaughlin-e2m]

Serious men . Plus most of the time they were probably well outnumbered by lesser trained or experienced men . Hence being wrecking machines !!

[@michaelkelly3638]

Absolutely !! It never ceased to amaze me how so many guys had supreme confidence in their numbers and not their ability. I thought originally a lot of them fought on the terraces which shields danger by sheer numbers. But there’s a monumental difference when it comes to faction fighting at close quarters !!

[@markharris6819]

​@@michaelkelly3638iv really enjoyed all your podcasts and stories thanks

[@gordy3714]

​@@michaelkelly3638Where was the incident again with Mccarthy and Tate.

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@gordy3714 the gun pub in pitsea, Basildon

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@markharris6819 You welcome and thanks 🤙

[@danielhampson]

Was that Terry Turbo in the final shot?

[@michaelkelly3638]

Yes, he has a podcast now

[@DMWBN3]

No Deisel Dave.

[@danielhampson]

@@DMWBN3 You muppet! Terry T is a legend of the rave scene.

[@DMWBN3]

@@danielhampson calm down you plum.

[@George-xb5ey]

6.4 doesn't sound to big when your 6.5 😉

[@TheSmokeofAnubis]

Those metal stairs Kelly speaks of, sounds just like Crystal's in Loughborough.. they had the same steps and you went down then if you were causing aggro.

[@DMWBN3]

Same where I'm from, there was a couple of clubs with stairs where people would fly down.

[@Sluetch90]

Short , when it come to the Essex Boys ? People don’t shut up about it now.

[@matei-alexandrumocanu8150]

when the raves were all nighters and the clubs were open until the wee hours. dancing the night away on the party dr*g e*tasy lol

[@GaryHynes-io9yz]

Nightclub doormen eh .... same mentality as traffic wardens or librarians.

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@GaryHynes-io9yz You only saw one side of the job. No one wants to see a video of us saving people from rape, overdoses or stabbings. That’s the hidden boring stuff. The reality is I’ve interacted with over 5 million clubbers in my career, yet fought no more than 500 times. The truth is, people only witness the violent stuff and never the quiet.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Bit like police everyone hates them until they need their help

[@michaelkelly3638]

⁠​⁠@@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 Absolutely. Imagine clubs running with no security ? We complain about how the new breed have zero respect. I put that squarely down to the reduction of police powers in the late 90’s and the cancellation of stop and search, as it was deemed racist. We can now see the direct result of that. Doormen today have too much oversight so won’t get involved for fear of lawsuits or arrest as everything is on video. A perfect example of this is my fight with the yardie. In court it was read out he had 240 convictions and I had none. He won 😂😂😂

[@sub-zero7008]

This dickhead right here has plenty of experience being launched out of nightclub doors acting the prick obviously 🤡👍🏻🤦🏻‍♂️

[@andyleonard7219]

any more planned with mick kelly team.

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

They are some tough lot some of them Eastern Europeans, Russians. The Russians were very respectful and protective to me and he was inside 6 years in a hard prison for kidnap of a business rival

[@TINKERBELL-c5v]

THAY GOT THERE JUST DESERTS

[@EddieRiff]

Anyone Geoff Thompson from the Midlands? Wrote a book "Watch my back"

[@enquirer2.0]

Got loads of videos om playlist Coventry of Geoff

[@carlmarch9591]

Went and trained with Geoff in London 1998 he was an absolute gentleman but boy hard hard man, my brother has become good friends with Geoff he has gone up to the midlands a few times from here in Norwich to meet Geoff absolute legend

[@badninja1971]

No AI commentary. 👍

[@tomtuck3336]

I'm basildon born and bred lucky me eh 😅 but yeah I remember micks brother in law on the doors over " bas vegas " mountain of a man

[@jamiewilson5679]

These lads arses dropped out when the Doc and Smiffy came up though.☝️

[@jamiewilson5679]

@@Bereal711 Doc Rackpull, Robert smith.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Does anyone know which London firm tried to take over Hacienda and Konspiracy?

[@michaelkelly3638]

There’s a video on it here.!! Look for ‘Salford boys butcher hacienda bouncers’

[@jormadlac]

Late 50s Roger Harris was the man with these hardnuts

[@jormadlac]

Bounced in many of the Kray clubs

[@jormadlac]

He bounced for the Krays in that era

[@evolveausevolveaus]

Another amazing piece of history 👏

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou mate

[@cutlerlon8468]

Tucker was a former soldier? I thought that was Bernard?

[@hod2116]

Both

[@Mr75044]

Two stories Birmingham 1980s Power House Pogues live. Bouncers fucked off Out side. Out the way. No bouncers had the bottle to kick the cycle tramps Out of any club. Im talking Nomads era.

[@enquirer2.0]

Send to [e-mail] mate

[@paulwilliams8725]

The good old days they wouldnt last 5 min today .

[@johndean4765]

Paulwilliams in a fair fight the old school bouncers would win.

[@stevedobbs6321]

Had some amazing nights in Berwick manor was there when the yardie s came to town

[@Joes-not-greg]

Lenny doesn't look like or come across as a coppers pencil.the other one does

[@Joes-not-greg]

Pause the video at 30 seconds in...What do you see?

[@mikemike5973]

Jason draper not mark

[@enquirer2.0]

Yes mate it was flagged by Michael but I'd already uploaded

[@farmboypresents9977]

Bouncers in the late 80s early 90s were seriously hard. I knew one in Edinburgh called Tank.

[@petermontgomery8707]

Im not from the area and don't know anything about this but the fact leah Betts death is mentioned pretty much in the same breath as Tony tucker and crew getting shot dead. Is there something being said without being said here

[@michaelkelly3638]

It’s been in a dozen films and books. It was tuckers pills that Leah bought

[@danielwilson1105]

Be good if matey could speak up.

[@LadyCleo1]

To be honest, Russian men are built better and have muscles,steroids, or not. They live in harsh areas in russia and surrounding countries, which is why the men are bigger. They are also required to do the army training by the conscript process. This makes them keep a fitness regime this more desirable to hire.

[@michaelkelly3638]

Funny enough, none of them took gear or even trained with weights. They seemed to prefer gymnastics, judo and sambo. Look up ‘ballistic striking’ on KZbin and you’ll see Valera training strikes. He’s nearly 60 in the vids but looks 40

[@stephenmccann3407]

Come on, michael mate, im sure to your knowledge. None of them took any gear, but everyone knows that isn't true. Easy to turn a blind eye when you don't see it mate ​@michaelkelly3638

[@fatblokes_ferguson]

About 15 or so years ago I helped with security which the company was owned by my uncle and his Russian partner, Gary my uncle had done door work for years and along side my father in law had the door at the room at the top and Camden pali, along with Lenny, so they had a bit of history but Uri the Russian partner was a power lifter in his past and even though I was big his arms were bigger than my thighs, the team he had like me had no sia badge so we were only called if it kicked off and at the time we were working festivals so we could go in sort the break up then disappear but to our tents as we were working on a week’s festival, these European guy were lovely blokes and I made many friends and work alongside them and many jobs, but these guys were machines and they would only stop when Uri spoke to them on the radios. I don’t know there history but I know it was no sweeping streets in Russia, I’m still very close with Uri as he is still a partner with my uncle but 2 of the Russians always give me a call to see how I am. Since then, I have become very unwell both physically and mentally but it’s nice to know I still have people like that who call me to check up but also great to have in your personal tool box.

[@charliewarren7766]

What a load of bollocks,

[@enquirer2.0]

Thanks for the contribution

[@shaneodwyer6132]

I miss the old clubbing days. I can remember Leah Betts parents coming to our school in Ireland to talk about the dangers of Es in 1996. Most of us had already tried it, by 98 we all had 😂

[@meme4one]

Dave Courtney the fakest of the fake. An absolute fantastic.

[@jh6273]

Courtney was a muppet

[@Maxwell-w3n]

Was definitely a botty boy😂

[@express777100]

makes a change to hear from proper bouncers, instead of drugged up idiots.

[@markshillinglaw3003]

👍

[@bampitony6108]

There's always some one better..🖕

[@jCrItCh5]

Ard Bastads...

[@odettefrancis8678]

❤❤

[@lukepalmer3077]

Norman buckland the guvnor

[@Sharkey-Boy]

CRAP

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou for your insightful comment

[@UXB-p5u]

😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

[@leechapman9986]

I’m my old friend Only now can you tell 1/2 your amazing life 🫶👍

[@enquirer2.0]

Amazing stories you and Michael mate much respect 🙏

[@leechapman9986]

My old friend Mick all the years now is still the number one who I want by my side a great man 👍

[@leechapman9986]

You can see on our podcasts, nobody runs us down 👍

[@eddiedowd5541]

hi lee

[@michaelkelly3638]

@@leechapman9986 cheers Lee. Warriors are never loved until the enemy is at the gate.

[@josephstafford6938]

Jason draper not mark

[@enquirer2.0]

Yes mate my bad