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

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For away matches the favoured mode of transport in the first few years was on the scheduled train services from either Waverley or Haymarket stations.

The Edinburgh Hibs casuals brawl in the 1980s that ended with a

The Capital City Service (CCS) held running battles with similar groups from Celtic, Hearts and Rangers before later branching out to fight across the UK and Europe, sparking mass police incidents in the process. The book begins with an account of his troubled childhood, his first gang fights and his initial experience of life behind bars. This tended to make an easier job of splitting up the other mob and dispatching their less robust members quickly. They were one of the UK’s most notorious gangs of football casuals during the 80s and 90s – but some within the feared Capital City Service branched out from matchday brawling into serious organised crime. On the pitch, the 1980s were a decade to forget for the Hibernian faithful as the club flitted between mid-table finishes and occasional flirts with relegation.In the brief appearances the club has made in European competitions since the inception of the gang there has also been incidents of note against FC Liege, Anderlecht, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Maribor. This is one of the most readable books in the genre: at times dark and violent, but often humorous and moving.

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Blance also claims in the book that his links with CCS put him in association with leading Edinburgh gangland figures. From the mid 1990s onwards police intelligence efforts and the effective use of closed-circuit television cameras impinged upon these methods of initiating gang fights so meetings via mobile phones became the preferred means to make arrangements with rival mobs. 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.The story of the Capital City Service, the Hibs casuals who became the most notorious gang in Scotland. 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.

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Its offices were allegedly smashed up by casuals while its boss, body builder Chris Sneddon, was threatened and several bouncers assaulted.Over the years casuals from Hearts and sometimes Old Firm fans who lived in Edinburgh were integrated into the mob. The scene had been set in March 1985 when Aberdeen casuals pounced on their rivals in the shadow of Easter Road. Ryan Low, 25, from Edinburgh – tagged for 100 days, 300 hours of unpaid work and a two-year football ban.