Liverpool Gangster Stephen (The Devil) French tells his story
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 20. 06. 2020
- Stephen French, a former gangster nicknamed `The Devil', who grew up in a Liverpool blighted by the Toxteth riots of 1981, and became one of the country's leading underworld operators who earned his fearsome reputation by Taxing and beating up drug dealers.
Stephen who stands at 6.4 ft was a British,European and world champion kick boxer who would stand up to anyone.
Stephen has had multiple attempts put out on his life and was shot, stabbed and set on fire.
Stephen appeared on Danny dyers deadliest men after releasing his book the devil and that enhanced Stephens reputation even further.
Stephen now at 60 years old gives his first interview in 15 years and his most explosive as he wants to clear the air on a few topics.
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Stephen French used to get people to pay up by threatening to come around for dinner and stay all night.
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OMG I cant stop laughing at this comment
Worse than a knee capping đ€Ł
Ahhhahahaha
Thanks frenchy been suffering from insomnia for years best 8 hours Iâve ever had.
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Lol best comment evet!!
James "Can you confirm your name is Stephen French?"
Stephen "No no no, listen listen. Tony Greaves stole my dinner money in 1990..."
you understand?
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He would off bee 26 you din
đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł absalute classic
I can't listen to these race baiters they just want to cry about race
I'm still confused as to why James would want to interview Howard from the Halifax adverts.
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Chuckle!!
Shit joke!
Hahahahahh
Does he still consider the 7 series to be a workhorse?
That's the question James needed to ask brother!! Hahahaha
Canât give them away now! Like his self help advice
James needed to ask what he whispered into Danny dyers ear, been doing me head in ever since I just wanna know what he said
@@vIMONST3RIv it was "Yer Da sells Avon"
Bmw 640d is 2020 best work horse !
'I didn't care if I lived or died'...after 3 hours of that, we all know the feeling
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Lol
Canât stop laughing at that
Lollllll
He is like a really violent scary Abe Simpson. "Ah, there's an interesting story behind this nickel. In 1957, I remember it was, I got up in the morning and made myself a piece of toast. I set the toaster to three - medium brown. And then I had to beat a man to death with his own shoes"
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"Scouse man yells at cloud"
Or Uncle Albert talking about "during the war".
Dying
Hahahahaa
French: âListen..listen..listenâ
James: âCan I go to the toilet?â
French: âListen..listen..listenâ
James: âOh for f#*k sakeâ
When your mates on the lemo and you aren't
@@KlimtEastwood Liverpool slang for cocaine
@@KlimtEastwood no worries
Im on it now ha
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James you deserve an award for sitting in the room for 3 hours with this clown
Absolute rambling from the start
Dont let the devil hear ye call him a clown he will wig ye
Actually made me laugh out loud that đ€Łđ€Ł
@Jack ///M240i Exactly Sir Not One Of these haters Would Even though Hes 60 n Certainly Not In His Prime Stephen Helped Me Out One Night So I cant say bad about The Man I Speak As I Find n Considering Most On Here Will Never Of Met Stephen Yet Choose To Spout Here Say Its Just Silly
Yeah right yeah right right right yeah
I could actually feel my beard growing whilst watching this.
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Nhs should use this guy as a sleeping tablet for anybody needing a kipđ
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Get big john fury on
He needs to fight Micky Theo first
Peter fury
Hell yeah
Heaven forbid Fury will be calling Stephen French out for a scrap in his 10 acre field ..
BIG John fury took a back seater healthy steamer man
He's intolerable. James has the patience of a saint.
Imagine being locked up with him.
Rentacarz Ruby no đ
disagree some ppl just have stories to tell and some people don't James is just being a listener.
Turned it off
â@@jameslee8070hes shit would be on the netting or me dead before letting him back in
James u deserve a fucking medal son, to sit there for nearly 3 hours listening to him smack his lips after each sentence. Hats off to ya đ
It is post traumatic stress disorder he has amd this behaviour is typical for ptsd
The level of narcissism here is phenomenal. This guy lives deep in his own ego and has added so much to his stories that he believes they actually happened.
Very rude the way he spoke to James surprised he didnât finish interview earlier
I can't listen to him, the way he talks is irritating, like spit it out man.
this only one of james pods i found boring
@@laura42321 I only managed 7 minutes, I got fed up with "yeah" at the end of each sentence.
I agree with the narcissism but unless you was there with him you canât comment on the accuracy of the stories
Was waiting for James to say " no, you f*****g listen!!".
lolololololololololololololol
I was waiting on him saying we're no in jail im no sucking you off when he said he was a handsome guy đđđ
Yeah, yeah. Right, right.
Haha a million likes just for this comment đđđđđđ
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No doubt hes a tough man but loves the sound of his own voice
They all do mate.
A lot of scousers do mate. Sorry, but it's a fact!
I'm only 9 mins in and genuinely my eyes are closing.
@@CidersAndReligiousCrusades no he isn't
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He doesnât even answer any questions, he just cuts James off and says âListenâ.
I went out did the shopping, came back and he was still on!
LOL and when James said this is the longest episode weâve done and then asked is there anything else Steven wanted to say to finish up, I almost criedâŠ.
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I'm a fan of you Stephen but i don't like your arrogance. The way you keep cutting James off when he speaks pisses me off. You are behaving like your better than him.
I know you have a story to tell Stephen but humble yourself in the process man ffs.
Good point
Grass grass grass
@@donraja6749 đ Exactly
Condescending I think the word is mate.
@@mrjasondylan Yea :)
Great episode and was nice of Frenchy to let James onto his podcast aswell
Wow... That was really disappointing đ„ŽđŽ We felt your pain through that interview James.
I've left my phone running all weekend and this guys still going on
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What? He made no sense & never answered a single question directly & kept telling the host to "listen" or "I'll tell you what" but that's all he told us "What?"
Lol đ đ€Ł đ đč đ true....!!
At least we found out he banged uncle Jimmy
4000 yeahs, 2000 listens, 1000 ands, and a bad cold
His level of ego is insane.
I lasted 8min 38secs, turned it off.
Would rather listen to 3 hours of Jedward talking about shoelaces.
he still thinks he's 'someone'. Idiot.
Can you send link for the jedward shoelace podcast i am interested.
This guy is a wanker I canât take him seriously
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@@markguthrie9901 mate he serious guy trust me
I feel proud that I actually sat thru the whole thing hahahah
This comment got me fuck the likes đ
Hereâs your medal đ„ well done đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
I was a student way back in the day , I must of weighed 10 stone i went to the Grafton club where he was the head doorman, I was a was and still am a gentle soul, I had one of my ears pierced with an ear ring which belonged to my my departed mother, he told me to take it out on entering or he will rip it out himself, , that's the memory I have of this bastard
What was the earring
@@AllAboutCZcamsrs13 another internet wierdo
Bullies. Give them a bit of 'power' and they turn into petty tyrants.
A legend in his own scrap book
Only stories Iâve heard about Steven french have been told by Steven french
A legend at playtime
Haha absolutely spot on there, I like that one
Have you ever met anyone from toccy who was a villian throughout the 80s/90s. How could you of heard anything? I know he is mentioned in several true crime autobiographies,and his nickname of Devil was well earned.
@@GeorgieWing what autobiographies is he mentioned in?
Georgie Wing still only person to mention Steven french is Steven french. Inform us of the autobiographyâs heâs been mentioned in an Iâll gladly take time to read them. Iâm not saying he ainât a G but heâs the only one trying to blow smoke up his own ass & desperately. He canât be around his own family cos heâs got nothing on lock, heâs running away. Stayed in his cell. Only he tells the story of him doing the top boy in the jail
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Listen listen yeah. Thats a brief summary.
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Yes right right yes yes right
@@ArmaniG88 fuck me your right.. like 2 people talking
Anyone who watched him on Danny Dyer will get this "They keep rattling the cage just RATTILING THE CAGE đđđđđđđâą
It was painful. I couldn't watch all of it.
Canât believe I pressed play over a year ago when this was uploaded and Iâm just on the final tall tale now! My kids canât wait to see their dad again after all this time.
james: was that the riot that 500 police were injured in?
StephenFrench: LISTEN listen listen, in 1966....yeah yeah right....pele was playing at goodison park
Haha
Hahaha just totally out of context
lolololololol
m sinc yeah completely out of sinc init????
Ahhhaha
This is my fourth time to see him on a show and every time he's asked a question it takes him 10 minutes to answer without answering the questionđ€Šââïž
Lol
Yeah he should be a politician haha
Thanks for the interview, and thank you for your time
" tell us where ya gear is laa !!! or ill get the kettle on and stop for another cup !!"
This bloke could put a glass eye to sleep
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He talks alot to the police
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@@bluesnap40 it's so true he's only a fool.with good word's
Whereâs marv
He doesnât do violence or intimidation anymore he just talks people to death. Not actually an interview as James canât get a word in edgeways -44.44 to go Iâm out.
Lol so true
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Yeh right, yeh right , yeh yeh yeh right...
at least you got to see Frenchies beat boxing skills at 44:26
51:33 for me goes on about his mate hitting cunts with shovels and he says listen for the 3000th time waffles on then it's you understand?
Read his book. Stephen literally claims that a group of serious drug dealers, who'd killed, were chasing Stephen until he took his Ballyclava off, they realised it was him, then started begging him like "Stephen we didn't know it was you, we're sorry" then they run off. Another story Stephen told was when he walked into a room with 15 killers who were all bodybuilders, Stephen starts threatening all of them while he's unarmed. They're all terrified and don't say a word.
His whole book is full of that
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Really is it the whole book it's not like Frenchy then he,s full of Shit I've been in jail with this RAPIST
@Martin, cheers pal, I'll save my money then, I ain't paying to read a wedge of all that carry on. đ€Łđš ..
Never read it never will
Stephen French is the kind of guy to set his house on fire to make sure the smoke alarm is working!
I really wish he'd let James have some form on input into the interview. Every-time James asks anything interesting Stephen appears to bat him off. He seems like a very condescending character.
Listen listen listen right
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah listen yeah no it's not that it's.......................... Something else yeah..... What it is yeah, right, listen yeah.
He is interrupting French. French has a story which he has chronolised, and he dont need the interviewer trying to jump in and change the subject. French is a methodical person.. he dont want to be interrupted. Everything English asked was got to In the end, but more importantly it is in the right place for Frenchs story. Say you had spent time writing down your story or memorizing it, handsome one keeps jumping in. Oh what about this story. I fell james doesn't do enough research. He will mention the books, but obviously hasn't read them. If he had he would not be shocked or not have heard the story's the fellas are talking about.
Georgie Wing He has definitely not spent time writing and memorising his story. He keeps tripping over his words and losing his track. James was trying to guide him over waffling nonsense
Love all your podcasts James.... just found this bloke hard work tbh. Anyway, onwards and upwards!
I bet after 5 mins James thought to himself "why the fuck did I decide to interview him" đChrist almighty the guy is painful to listen to
I remember when he was campaigning against gun crime, then got caught with a gun, tells you all you need to know really...
I thought that was delroy showers
B-boy 2 Soulman no he was campaigning
against heroin, he was caught with heroin
Exactly haha....dont listen to a word he says....
Wasnt a real gun though was it,and it was recovered from the river. He wasnt caught with the gun and machete on his person. Some 1 saw him throw them. You can buy imitation heavy metal gas firing bb guns on most high streets in head shops or army surplus shops.
@Tracey Handcharm . Mr .French is mixed race.
Saying he hit jimmy saville as a child đđ complete bs
đđđâą he was saying he was going to be known as the next Jimmy Savile yet the stuff about Savile never came out till Savile died yet Frenchy is talking about something that happened in the 80's đđđâą
OMG I hope someone makes his yeah yeah yeah and listen listen listen into a meme it would be super funny. đđđâą
@@fredinabun1242 have to add the see see as well man...
Lmfaoo
It ends with âthanks for coming on and telling me your storyâ.
âYeah yeah yeahâ
Anyone think He's started to look like Howard from the Halifax adverts. "Who gives you extra y-y-yeah yeah right" đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
For real đ€Łđ€Ł
Brilliant đ€Ł
A Keyboard warrior who would not have the guts to say that to his face. Pathetic.
@@FHIPrincePeter funny though
Frenchie drops a beat a 44:26 felt like i was at an illegal rave!
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your a fkn legend mate
That was the best bit of the interview. đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
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Dont get what u mean drops a beat
English joe rogan??!! THAT'S THE SCOTTISH JOE ROGAN!
he's the James English Joe Rogan
Great podcasts mate. Fair play to you boss. Keep up the good work mucker đ
Patience is a virtue James.
RATTLINâ THE CAGE MAN RATTLINâ THE CAGE
The demon in an instant ,scary man
Ann Binns possibly if your scared of intimidation.. but on his own he is just like the rest of us piss and skin.. #ifearnodevil
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IN AN INSTANT
RISIN UP LIKE A DEMON
Tried playing the drinking game a few hours ago, taking a drink everytime he says *yeah* just got home from hospital had to have my stomach pumpedđ€Ł
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I love how you listen to the "hard men" and they ryhme off all the stuff they did and you think ,,, "did ye aye "
Kevin bridges......ah did ye....aye
Haha
@@danbourne1991 did ye aye?
We've been saying that for a long time in Liverpool, fkn decade's.
"Did ye yea??"
@@dlads79 well as a fellow scouser Iâve never heard anyone say âdid ye ayeâ
@@danbourne1991 read what I wrote lad, if you've never heard anyone say "did ye yea!" Then you're not a Scouser.
Aye means yes.
Too early for your brain lad. đđđđ
I remember watching something with him in it before and he seemed abit more with it there, but this interview you can kinda tell all the years of this madness has really took its toll on this man.
It's hard trying to remember all the bullshit story's you've told previously, only to have to try and remember them to tell them again đ€·ââïž
All the drugs
It's actually crazy I'm not even taking the piss this genuinely puts me to sleep every night
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I'm wondering why so called hard man who is bearing his soul at 60 years old with many peoples misery on his hands cannot come across as a sincere honest man. He's hiding behind his past and I say Not being a humble man it's a weaknesses not being able to tell the truth
I wonder why
prove he is lying if your so truthful then.
I played this interview to my 4 year old. He was asleep within 5 mins. Great work đŽ
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story đ
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Oi oi Tel
Fank you goodnight much love
2 hours 45 minutes Iâm looking forward too!! James getting some good guests on recently.. keep it up
Its absolutely painful trying to listen to him, It's like the interview is in Morse code Dat-Dat-D-D- -yeah,Yeah ,Yeah,- You get me, D-D-D-Dat-Dat-D ,Understand .I think he threatened to tell Danny Dyer his life story.
excellent analysis
James, you're a brilliant interviewer
The reason Stephen canât let James get a word in is because he needs to keep his chain of thought, when people punctuate interviews with questions it can make the story seem disjointed, although it comes across as patronising and rude, viewers should just listen.
James is a professional at taking his guests off track.
@@craigg4219 yeah I agree he is a professional, you could see how he adapted to Stephen flapping .
Some guests are excellent story tellers, this is why James could just sit back and let the guest get in their flow. Frenchy is a very intense man, the same with Darren Gee, so intense that one wouldnât wish to interrupt because their stories are so engrossing.
@CZcams Worm Hole I agree to a certain degree but no matter how disjointed he was etc... for a man that has a 2.1 degree in psychology having a two way conversion should be a breeze. It definitely was an interesting vlog, with all of James videos I still enjoyed it !!
And if use haven't already go a give him your vote for his broadcasting reporting award that he has been entered for. đđđđđđ€đ€đ€đ€đ€đ€đ€đ€đ€đ€
@@yobeatthat85 100% mate 100%!!
Anyone who smashed Savile in the face gets my respect.
It never happened
His modesty is inspiring .listen I'm talking.I had to give in after 10 minutes đ
Fully enjoyed this one , kept me company while working .
Sorry but Darren gee was the best one I've seen but this is a close second choose a life not.a knife people đȘđȘ
Same city different people and different era !!!
@@stupotts6568 because hes in poverty you feel like its your duty to talk down on someone
@@seanfarrell3213 well said, hes youtube chanels been taken down now aswell
Stu Potts your mums a begger you sweat
@@stupotts6568 Shame on you laughing at beggars and poverty.
Imagine doing time with Stephen French, think I'd prefer the death penalty.
Michael showers was just like him yea lar I got 3 night clubs and a jag but I'm wearing prison shoes ya get me
As long as he doesnât read out the execution warrant
My god all he goes on about is racism he lives in the past and still thinks he's such a bad man it's not big to be violent it just shows you can't use words
james.... you have the patience of a saint đ !
Darren gee is the man, choose a life not a knife
Brian ferry string a sentence that makes sense you nonce
@@stupotts6568 please tell me you've already spotted the irony here
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Darren Gee is the third liver bird he is the personification of Liverpool
Stu Potts he lives inside you lad. Facts
The only episode when the guest is also the interviewer! You were on a no win battle this time James pal. Missed the signature laugh. Stay safe brother đ€đđ€
James was doing a lot of listening in this one! Great interview yeah.
This was torture.
French totally dominated the whole interview and bored the tits off me for over an hour. The guy is a total plank.
Can only piss from what you though James usually ur guests are great
LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN....... James do not talk until spoken to listen the "Devil" is talking YOU listen!!! Your only the host of the James English Podcast! đđđđđđ
Lads trying to assert his verbal dominance.
đ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łif u don't know u never will
@@dayswithdanny2128 Throughout the WHOLE video.....!! James is my favourite host/interviewer!
I felt frustrated for him, French would not give him a split second to ask a question. Instead it was a one sided conversation!
I've watched Stephen French before on documentaries being interviewed and he has been able to have a normal interview but it seems like he has lost it unfortunately đ đ!!
@@ryanx3584 And for sure did that .....! đđđââđ€đ€đ€
Hope someone goes through this and can Annaâs the amount of times he actually utters the words âlike like likeââ that can of tuna has done some damage to his berwick!!
Didn't enjoy this at all he ran the podcast. A lot of rambling didn't hold my interest at all. Listen Listen Listen !!
Location: Council Flat Kitchen
Time: 3.14am
Plot Twist: Even the young guy down the road who only sells 2on1 isnât answering the phone....
What's a 2on1?
Fascinating interview but wow, a long one !
Interesting to see a movie of Frenchies life.
Keep up the interesting interviewees James
Let me take you back to Thursday 2nd July 2020 when I was listening to this podcast....
I used to work in a club he owned in Liverpool. He was so lovely to me and all the staff Never ever horrible or pervy. That was actually one of the most enjoyable jobs and he was the nicest boss ever!. Sorry to disappoint đ€·đŸââïž
You can tell he a good person. It's the society racism that made him angry. I can understand perfectly.
Heâs never been a club owner.
@@sharonmckenzie6807 bollocks
What club did he own?
@@paulmcmillan3154 probably one in his imagination
Excellent analysis, Ross.
Would be half the length if he just spoke instead of pausing and making that noise!!
Yeah!
I was going to say that!
Watch it on X2
Ye ye ye right right...... spit it out ffs man đ€Šđ»ââïž
Ye rite
đđđđ every sentence heâs just slapping his tongue đđđ
Tells a Scottish guy he is the english Joe Rogan...
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James is a fucking class act when it comes to interviewing. Love this podacast and can only see it progressing đ
No way I could last more than 8 seconds listening to this man đ. Just clicked on it for the comments and they didnât disappoint đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Stephen âyeah yeah rightâ French
Haha was thinking the same. Very boring , rambling a lot of shite.
Yeah? Yeah yeah
David York donât think heâs all there anymore mate
He said âlistenâ at least over 300 times in this interview.
Great interview one of your best James much love Danny palmer hull
Say what you like about him & the interview itself but still insightful in-terms of who he is today, which you can make your own mind up about
this guy talks pish , never a straight answer swerves around the questions...
Straight pish talker
Yh coz he can't say anything incriminating
@@donraja6749 hear you .. but not sure your right .. he wanted his chance to clear this is up put things straight ..
@@donraja6749 I read a lot of your comments on various channels and you actually seem a very deep guy. You've got massive empathy for people..... it's cool â
Fake gun to pistol whip. Not get club
fair play to you james for listening
Excellent analysis Russ
James English has got the patience of a saint for getting through this! I donât know how he keeps a straight face
Great interview, Stephen talks a lot of sense to me, what a life, sounds like he's found his answers.
Did u watch the same podcast as everyone else?
Wouldnât have been easier just to get a job
No wonder your climbing hills james... my heed would be burst with listening to him too. Darren gee was much better than him
I can only see Mark's comment as his opinion? A opinion I agree with. No competition to mention just Darren was a better podcast. Take care pal đ
2 completely different people though aren't they. One grew up in care,and borstall and prison. The other one fought oppression and racism in his city. Then started robbing serious drug importers and telling them it was him. Ones 40 odd, the other is over 60. They have absolutely nothing in common.. apart from they have both been called informants, and sex offenders.. French explained his story on those accusation, the sex offence was thrown out,and there is no documentation to prove he ever made a statement against anyone, and or got them a jail sentence. The other fella did not. He just swerved round it.
Oor James putting it right on himđđ 'so whit's this everyone saying your a grass then?' Straight in ,brilliant đđ
Is Scots might let folk talk but not avoid the main point heâs pretty racist
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"Jay from Inbetweeners? Yeah yeah, right. Knocked him out, mate, yeah yeah"
Toxteth riots? Completed it mate.
Iâve tried watching this 3 times, thinking itâs got to get better, but each time Iâve tried it got worse, dreadful!!!!
I used to hate talking to Stephen over the phone, I'd never got a word in edgeways & the phone calls would last atleast an hour each time, it was highly frustrating.
@Sir Smith It was business (legal) at the time then the incident with the gun happened & he got sent down & all our team screamed YES! we don't have to continue doing business with him.