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

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As the CCS evolved an informal hierarchy appeared but there was no singular leader or 'top boy' as was usual for other crews. Instead, a committee of five individuals who had garnered enough respect amongst their peers took to the task of planning and organising for the gang's activities at football. [41] By the early to mid-1990s this system had expired and was replaced mainly by two protagonists who arranged most battles and who were also striving for control of the mob. [2] The Trouble on the Terraces documentary released in 1994 on VHS format looked at football hooliganism in the UK and on the European continent prior to the Euro 96 tournament. Some Hibs boys were among the interviewees while they were in Amsterdam before the friendly international fixture between the Netherlands and Scotland. [116] Brimson 2003, Scotland p. 79 "The Hibs lads had gained a reputation for themselves in England after they ran riot at various friendlies in England" Blance reveals all about his criminal past, terrace thuggery and jail terms in Hibs Boy: The Life And Violent Times Of Scotland's Most Notorious Football Hooligan.

He added: “Aberdeen lit a flame that day, one that has never been extinguished. We swore there and then that we would take revenge on Aberdeen.” Dinwoodie, Robbie; Raymond Duncan (6 June 1990). "Hibs in hunt for wealthy defender MERCER'S HOME GUARDED BY POLICE DOGS". The Herald . Retrieved 9 September 2013.Last Friday, some of the fans who travelled to Benidorm took a pasting when they clashed with a bigger gang from Leeds. There is no suggestion Wilson was involved in the trouble. Ryan Low, 25, from Edinburgh – tagged for 100 days, 300 hours of unpaid work and a two-year football ban.

During the latter part of the 1990s, a split in their ranks caused by the formation of a nationwide hooligan firm made up of casuals from different teams and a general decline in football hooliganism in Scotland saw activity of the gang diminish. [36] However, by the early part of the next decade an apparent resurgence in football hooliganism at various clubs in Scotland was being observed by authorities [37] and the CCS attached to Hibernian were involved [38] [39] [40] Formation [ edit ] It happened on Bothwell Street. There was nothing we could do. We were totally outnumbered. It was a day I’ve never forgotten. Nearer to the stadium the CCS would frequent pubs such as the Thistle Bar, [50] Albion Bar and the Royal Nip, which was considered by many Hibs boys as their spiritual home. [2] Often though the CCS would head to the Ladbrokes bookmakers that was situated on Easter Road at the junction with Bothwell Street to hang around the premises and wait for their moment of opportunity to take on other firms. It was here that visiting fans were finally marshalled away from the accessible public area and either directed to or escorted to their allocated section of the ground.The hibs support themselves at that time had no spine and were just grateful that they had a hooligan mob that stopped them from getting grief from Hearts, Rangers and Celtic fans. I followed Hearts from 83-89 and never ran into the CCS at Easter Rd, maybe they jumped Hearts fans in the city centre. But Hearts used to take over 10,000 fans to easter Rd, Hibs support at Tynescastle was a disgrace, to the point where in 89 I think Hearts split the gorgie rd end to allow more Hearts fans in.Anyway........ A pivotal moment in this formative season was when the CCS encountered the leading casual gang at the time in Scotland - the Aberdeen Soccer Casuals - before a Hibernian v. Aberdeen game in Edinburgh. The two mobs clashed on Easter Road and after some fighting the CCS ran away, but one Hibs boy got severely beaten and was in a coma for a week. Rather than deter them, this near-tragedy emboldened the fledgling gang to continue with their efforts in being casual hooligans. At the next Hibs match, against local rivals Hearts at Tynecastle, the CCS fared a lot better when they came up against the notorious Gorgie Aggro. This also proved to be a turning point in the Edinburgh football hooligan scene. [9] [41] Structure within the gang [ edit ]

He said of McCann: “If the judge wanted him to be jailed for eight weeks he would have sentenced him to eight weeks. For these guys fame and fortune and the adulation of football fans isn't enough. I am talking here about cocaine."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 ] In the book Blance writes: "Bobby Lipscombe's suggestion for a group of us to apply on Sky Television's Saturday morning football show Soccer AM was a stroke of genius.