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

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Members were accused of grabbing part of the city’s market for Ecstasy pills as rave culture exploded in the 90s. Brown, Adam, ed. (1998). Fanatics!: Power, Identity, and Fandom in Football. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415181037. By the late 1990s a leading Hibs casual had opened a clothes shop on South Clerk Street in Edinburgh called Original Casuals. [120]

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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 ]Walker, Andrew (5 May 2003). "Axeman boss of Hibees casuals". Daily Record . Retrieved 24 August 2011. McCall & Robb 2007, Edinburgh's Hibernian CCS, who were for a long time one of the most feared mobs in Europe They were also the subject or included in several social anthropological studies by academia in the UK. [46] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [43] In popular culture [ edit ] There was also the need initially for hooligans younger than ones in the main mob to form their own identifiable group and could also be managed and trained by older more experienced hooligans. [41] In later times a type of apprenticeship scheme was used to enable the veterans in the CCS to select and mentor prospective younger hooligans. [37] The book begins with an account of his troubled childhood, his first gang fights and his initial experience of life behind bars. He moves on, becoming a skinhead on the streets of Edinburgh and, inevitably, gets involved in football hooliganism.

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The following is a list of elements of the CCS that are recognised internally by the gang as well as outside parties. Similarly, as with games at Easter Road the CCS would gain entry to the opposition's end whenever possible, although this time it meant entering the part of the ground designated for the home supporters, such as against Celtic [41] and St. Mirren. [45] After mismanagement during the late 1980s, Hibernian were on the brink of financial ruin in 1990 and in June of that year, Wallace Mercer, the chairman of Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts, proposed a merger of the two clubs. [84] The Hibs fans believed that the proposal was little more than a hostile takeover and they formed the Hands off Hibs group to campaign for the continued existence of the club.Smith, Stanley (2012). "Football Years 1983-2011". Dressers: Pt. 1. Greymatters Media. ISBN 9780957034006. Michael Imrie, 24, and Gerald McCann, 46, both from Edinburgh – nine-month jail terms and two-year football bans.