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

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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.

We followed Aberdeen on a march to Waverley Station. It was mental. There was just bodies scattered all over Princes Street. Tourists and shoppers were running for cover at 6pm on a Saturday night. Sharpe, Allan (Director) Bean, Sean (Narrator) (1994). Trouble on the Terraces (VHS Cassette). Castle Home Video. 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.The book is an honest and often brutal account of the casuals in the 80's and 90's and tells of how these guys lived for a Saturday and why they were the top crew in Scotland. It also goes into how the main protagonist was into shoplifting, being a doorman, how others were into extortion, drugs and the deaths of a few people along the way. It's graphic and explains that the path these guys took was fraught with danger not just fighting with rival casuals but police brutality as well. MLA style: "AXEMAN BOSS OF HIBEES CASUALS; Notorious gang led by bouncer Blance.." The Free Library. 2003 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday 26 Nov. 2023 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705

AROUND 100 football thugs head abroad to celebrate the anniversary of the CCS but they meet their match when they run into a mob from Leeds United. By the 2010s, cops noticed casuals involved with the CCS in the 80s had returned to the fore, teaming up with a younger element. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Capital City Service (CCS), who aligned themselves with Edinburgh team Hibs, were among the most violent football hooligan groups in British football. 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.Membership wasn't even restricted to only Hibs fans. Over the years casuals from Hearts and sometimes Old Firm fans who lived in Edinburgh were integrated into the mob. These individuals usually had a more rigorous initiation than normal as asides from the reservations of some CCS members they also had to prove their worth against the team that they were originally associated with. [9] [41]

McGuigan, Paul (Director) (1 January 1999). The Acid House (Film Production). Zeitgeist Films . Retrieved 8 September 2013.

Twenty-two were arrested during incidents on the High Street, Rose Street and outside Waverley Station while a Leeds fan was hospitalised with head injuries. Street brawls were a common occurrence Read More Members were accused of grabbing part of the city’s market for Ecstasy pills as rave culture exploded in the 90s. Douglas, Scott (5 August 1991). Edinburgh Evening News. {{ cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) Violence, carnival and reformation: Scottish Fan Identities, Richard GIULIANOTTI Department of Sociology University of Aberdeen King, Martin; Knight, Martin (1999). The Naughty Nineties: Football's Coming Home?. Mainstream. ISBN 9781840181913.