The Samurai Warriors: Liverpool's Deadliest Doormen

Liverpool's doors were run by martial artists and hard men who made the city's nightlife their own. Gangsters, karate champions, rival firms and the bouncers who stood in front of them all.

1. The Night a Liverpool Gangster Terrorised Gary Spiers' Club · In the 1970s Gary Spiers worked the door of the Babalu Club on Seel Street, Liverpool's home of soul, funk and R&B. He was a huge, big-boned New Zealander with Maori blood and a black belt. One night a man got past him w
2. Slaughtered: The Killing of Karate Champion Andrew John · Andrew John was 6 foot 4, a champion martial artist and a hero to young people in Toxteth. He was also feared by Liverpool's underworld. One night he got out of the back of a friend's car to face a man he had been feudin
3. Liverpool's Deadliest Doormen: Alfie Lewis · In 1993 Alfie Lewis stood in court waiting for a jury to decide whether he was guilty of manslaughter. It would not be the last time twelve strangers decided the fate of the world champion kickboxer they called the Anima
4. New Zealand's Deadliest Man v a Gang of Scottish Thugs · Gary Spiers was a giant New Zealander who gave his life to martial arts, and one of the most capable fighters of his kind the world has seen. With men like Terry O'Neill he pioneered fighting that worked on the street, n