Hibs Boy The Life and Violent Times of Scotland's Most Notorious Football Hooligan

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In 2006 the documentary series The Real Football Factories created by Zig Zag Productions was shown on the Bravo TV channel which looked at football hooligans and firms throughout the UK. The episode that focused on Scottish hooligans included a segment on the CCS and there were interviews with two of its former members as well as a journalist who had reported on them during the emergence of Scottish casuals in the mid 1980s. [119] Music [ edit ] Blance, 42, gained infamy as part of the violent Hibs gang the Capital City Service, or CCS. In a new book, he tells how he turned into a fully-fledged criminal. SOCCER YOBS TRAPPED IN AMBUSH LAID MONTHS AGO". Daily Record. 18 June 1998 . Retrieved 9 September 2013. Home Affairs Committee (1990). Policing Football Hooliganism: Memoranda of Evidence . London: HMSO. Home Affairs Committee (1991). Policing Football Hooliganism: Second Report. London: HMSO.

By the 2010s, cops noticed casuals involved with the CCS in the 80s had returned to the fore, teaming up with a younger element. Johnstone, Matt; Bell, Callum (2012). Saturday Is Service Day. Unknown Publisher. ISBN 9780957476905. Chicago style: The Free Library. S.v. AXEMAN BOSS OF HIBEES CASUALS; Notorious gang led by bouncer Blance.." Retrieved Nov 27 2023 from https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705 Last night, he said: “I’ve been a Hibs supporter for more than 40 years and met some fellow fans on a recent break in Benidorm.Cunningham, Jennifer (18 September 1990). "Same old behaviour: we simply see it in a more violent light". The Herald. a b Walker, Andrew (22 April 2003). "Curse of the casuals day 7: Lessons in hate". The Daily Record . Retrieved 18 August 2011. I was asked if I could ‘call-in’ the debt. We all know what that means. The player was facing a severe doing or even worse. But I refused point blank. The Hibs Baby Crew (HBC) were youngsters who, in 1987, were involved in hooliganism and seeking full membership.

Lassie Soccer Trendies (LST) - Females who were either girlfriends or groupies of CCS members. The older or more male only gang purists amongst the CCS were often embarrassed by the existence of this set of wanna-be gang members. Despite these reservations this group flourished and was never really dropped completely until 1988, though by then the women involved in it had taken on a more jocular approach to what they had participated in. [45] Lee Duffy, 42, from Musselburgh, and John McGeever. 40, from Edinburgh – 300 hours of unpaid community work and two-year football bans.Obviously, there are others out there who won’t hesitate to use violence against a Scotland player if they are paid enough.” Football casuals soon moved from match day brawling to alleged drug dealing Read More Horrified women and children looked on as violence erupted at Central station after a Scottish Cup-tie between Ayr and Hibs last March. It was organised via text messages between yobs with links to Chelsea, Hibs and Rangers. Brimson, Dougie (2003). Eurotrashed: The Rise and Rise of Europe's Football Hooligans. Headline. ISBN 9780755311101.

Giulianotti, Richard; Armstrong, Gary (2002). "Avenues of contestation. Football hooligans running and ruling urban spaces". Social Anthropology. 10 (2): 211–238. doi: 10.1017/S0964028202000149. ISSN 1469-8676. McCann, of Edinburgh,was at the centre of last March’s pre-planned battle at Glasgow Central station involving Hibs and Rangers thugs and members of the notorious Chelsea Headhunters gang. Marshall, Chris (12 August 2009). "Hunt for Hibs hooligans after riot in Bolton shopping park". Edinburgh Evening News . Retrieved 12 June 2011.For the film adaptation of The Acid House in 1998 directed by Paul McGuigan a Hibs boy was involved in assisting on wardrobe and providing some bona fida Hibs casuals as extras for the final scene in the pub. Some clothing suggested for the scene and also the use of club colours were rejected by the Hibs boys as they would deem the portrayal of casuals as being non-authentic. During filming the director requested that the Hibs boys sing some CCS songs and chants and they complied much to his approval. [45] [111]