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SOCCER YOBS TRAPPED IN AMBUSH LAID MONTHS AGO". Daily Record. 18 June 1998 . Retrieved 9 September 2013. Many of the Hibs group flew home to watch their team face Hamilton Accies in the Premiership play-off on Sunday – and the misery continued when they were relegated after losing 4-3 on penalties.
Cumming, Jason; Hamilton, Jane (18 March 2002). "Police set dogs on rioting derby thugs". Edinburgh Evening News . Retrieved 9 July 2011. The CCS has had clashes all across Scotland, England and Europe either when Hibernian or Scotland were playing or as invited guests of other English hooligan firms at various English league games. There have been instances of them making an appearance at Scottish or English club matches without the prior knowledge of the hooligan element of the teams playing each other that day. [61] [62] [63] [9] [64] [53] [65] [66] [67] [68] [45] [69] [70] Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is helping one of Scotland's worst football thugs cash in on his violent past - describing him as a "good pal". Up to 70 hooligans fought in front of terrified families as Hibs fans returned to Edinburgh from a Scottish Cup game at
Pennant, Cass; King, Martin (2003). Terrace Legends. John Blake Publishing, Limited. ISBN 9781844540921.
By the 2010s, cops noticed casuals involved with the CCS in the 80s had returned to the fore, teaming up with a younger element.Brawls in England with the likes of Leeds United, Manchester United and Millwall’s firms saw dozens arrested while a Uefa Cup meeting between the Hibees and Belgian outfit Anderlecht resulted in pubs being turned into battlegrounds in both Amsterdam and Brussels. The Soccer AM appearance is recounted in detail in Andy Blance's book Hibs Boy: The Life and Violent Times of Scotland's Most Notorious Football Hooligan.