Rangers and the Famous ICF: My Life with Scotland's Most-feared Football-hooligan Gang

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Spaaij, Ramón. Understanding Football Hooliganism: A Comparison of Six Western European Countries (Vossiuspers UvA, 2006); focus on UK, Netherlands & Spain, Towards the end of the match fighting breaks out on the East Terrace between Hibs boys and Rangers fans as they both overcame the segregation fences to get at each other, the game is held up and the players are taken off the pitch until the police gain control of the crowd. At the final whistle the referee would not allow the Hibernian players to approach this section of the ground to applaud their fans. [10] [11] a b Cumming, Jason; Hamilton, Jane (18 March 2002). "Police set dogs on rioting derby thugs". Edinburgh Evening News . Retrieved 9 July 2011. Asser, Martin (19 June 2000). "Analysis: Soccer violence an international problem". BBC News . Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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Before the match the CCS and ICF clashed at the east end of Princes Street then once more on the way to Easter Road. As the Rangers boys made their way along the same street after the game the Hibs casuals, who had been following them, let loose with a volley of missiles and then the two mobs fought a pitched battle. [14] On 7 March 2015, during a quarter-final match of the FA Cup between rival clubs from the West Midlands Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion, hundreds of Villa fans invaded the pitch whilst the game was still in play. A further invasion took place at full time causing players from both teams to flee the pitch. Despite police officers and stewards best efforts to restrain the fans, it is believed almost a thousand fans entered the pitch. On the same day just 21 miles away a group of Wolverhampton Wanderers hooligans clashed with Watford F.C. hooligans, one of who spent three weeks in a coma. Four teenagers were jailed and two more received suspended sentences. [83]

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The CCS paid into the main stand as they knew the Celtic casuals gathered there to watch the match. The CSC were at a pie stand when they spotted the Hibs boys and threw their hot drinks at them. The two mobs had a brief skirmish before the police stepped in and ejected the Hibs mob from the stadium. [3] According to Colin Blaney in Hotshot: The Story of a Little Red Devil, many of Manchester United's football hooligans turned to serious crime during this period. He states that roughly half of the team's hooligans became involved in selling class A drugs, partly because of the wave of drugs that came with early 1990s rave culture, a scene that football hooligans were at the centre of. [53] 2000s [ edit ] West Yorkshire Police camera system control station at Elland Road, used to identify hooligans and rioters. Mennim, Mark (12 November 2013). NME: from the Bender Squad to the Gremlins: Inside Newcastle's Football Hooligan Firm. Futures Publications. ISBN 978-1871131239.

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In Edinburgh Hibs casuals were involved in disturbances with English supporters near to Waverley station. Later on the CCS and ASC joined up in Glasgow and clashed with a mob of England hooligans initially in George Square then elsewhere in the city. Subsequent arrests of Hibs boys led to them being remanded in custody in Barlinnie prison. In Edinburgh after the match the CCS clashed with Newcastle boys in Princes Street. [17] Hassan, David (2002). Soccer and Society. Routledge. vol. 3, no. 3, "People Apart: Soccer, Identity and Irish Nationalists in Northern Ireland", pp. 65–83. ISSN 1466-0970. a b "Fact Sheet 2: Football Stadia After Taylor". University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006 . Retrieved 7 October 2006.One battle we had was when Rangers won the league in 1999, and a group of 50 proper boys walked down towards Parkhead, Springfield Road and that. Warren Miller, 29, and Stuart Younger, 30, both from Alloa – one-year jail terms and five-year football bans. At 2.15 p.m. the CCS who were armed with pool cues, hammers, fireworks and flares brawled with the SS in Windmillhill Street, there were two men arrested at the scene. [19] [74] CCS and Falkirk Fear clashed outside Falkirk Grahamston railway station and two Hibs boys are arrested. [62]

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Mounted officers were brought in to get the situation under control. But the neds gave cops the slip. Walker, Andrew (23 January 2004). "Riot Casuals Shame Scots". Daily Record . Retrieved 9 July 2011. a b c d e Guilianotti, Richard. Taking liberties Hibs casuals and Scottish law, Football, Violence and Social Identity. ISBN 978-0-415-09838-0The ICF pioneered calling cards that were left on victims. [5] They read "Congratulations, you have just met the ICF". [6] Calling cards would also become popular at other football clubs. Burke, Jason (2000-04-02). "Hooligans link up on the Net to plot mayhem at Euro 2000". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 2006-10-07. Lee Duffy, 42, from Musselburgh, and John McGeever. 40, from Edinburgh – 300 hours of unpaid community work and two-year football bans. Whilst the match was being played a small group of Manchester United hooligans along with some members of the CCS fought with an equally numbered gang of Cardiff City Soul Crew in Cardiff. [34] Chelsea Headhunters. A great mob, been in many scraps home and abroad with them. Pioneers along with Millwall, West Ham, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Cardiff City etc in the 1980s. Many great friends down there. Salt of the earth.

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McEwen, Alan (20 April 2007). "Police raid homes of suspected hooligans". Edinburgh Evening News . Retrieved 9 July 2011. The Old Firm story: When fans joined forces to riot". The Scotsman. 24 June 2016 . Retrieved 29 November 2017.Gardner, Bill; Pennant, Cass (2006). Good Afternoon, Gentlemen, the Name's Bill Gardner. Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84454-261-1. Lowles N and Nicholls A (2007) Hooligans A-L Vol 1 (Wrea Green: Milo); Lowles N and Nicholls A (2007) Hooligans M-Z Vol 1 (Wrea Green: Milo) A confrontation at the makeshift segregation barrier required police using batons to keep the hooligans apart but the violence then flared again between the Hibs boys and the Forest contingent as the barrier was broken down and used as weaponry. [89] [90] [91]