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

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Hired coaches or transit vans would sometimes be used to avoid law enforcement and make their way to Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow.

Blance AXEMAN BOSS OF HIBEES CASUALS; Notorious gang led by bouncer

Its offices were allegedly smashed up by casuals while its boss, body builder Chris Sneddon, was threatened and several bouncers assaulted. About 30 members of the CCS were said to work as doormen – and control of Edinburgh’s doors meant control of the city’s booming rave scene and drug culture.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. Michael Imrie, 24, and Gerald McCann, 46, both from Edinburgh – nine-month jail terms and two-year football bans.

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With carnage raging around them, it appeared the brawl had no end in sight, but what happened next changed the course of history for the CCS and solidified their status as the top boys in Scotland. The story of the Capital City Service, the Hibs casuals who became the most notorious gang in Scotland.a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705

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Related Articles SCUM ON TOUR; EXCLUSIVE: The thugs who tried to bring violence to the Tartan Army.But it was a petrol bomb. Aberdeen got the fright of their lives and ran into the train station, the first time they had ever run. Blance claimed his gang plotted against the late Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer after he tried to take over Hibs in 1989. CCS yobs took on rivals associated with other Scottish clubs and clashed with “firms” from down south such as Millwall, Leeds and Chelsea. Blance has paid a heavy price for his activities over the years. It is not just the fines, prison sentences and the savage beatings in police custody but also the devastation that has been wreaked on his family and personal relationships.

Ex-football thug has no regrets for trouble on the terraces

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. 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. Andy Blance, another member of the CCS elite who later wrote about his experiences in the 2009 book ‘Hibs Boy,’ described the incident as “madness,” admitting the group’s behaviour overstepped the mark.A source said: “It was essentially a jolly. Although there were current CCS members among them, most were older men with families. Scott Lawson, 28, from Doncaster, was also jailed for two years for assault to severe injury after he bit off part of Hibs fan Ian Taylor’s ear. It happened on Bothwell Street. There was nothing we could do. We were totally outnumbered. It was a day I’ve never forgotten. Members were accused of grabbing part of the city’s market for Ecstasy pills as rave culture exploded in the 90s. About 100 CCS members travelled to London, where they fought Millwall thugs near the Old Kent Road and reputedly got the better of their opponents.