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

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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. In Edinburgh Hibs boys ran dance clubs like Bubble Funk or organised other musical promotion events in venues such as the Calton Studios. By the time the CCS was first active around 1984, many of the city’s street gang members would be among its ranks as hooliganism became a major problem in both Scotland and England. This left the area at the back of the opposition firm open to attack by the expectant Hibs mob positioned there.

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A paltry crowd of just over 5,000 saw the visitors ease to a comfortable 3-0 win, but for many of those in the home crowd, the football was simply a warm up to one of the most shocking instances of violence ever seen on Edinburgh’s streets. Born in Edinburgh, raised over the Forth in Rosyth by his father – his mother left home when he was six – and now living in Inverkeithing, Blance's name has been linked with the scourge of Scottish football hooliganism since the eighties. In October 2006, a 2-2 derby between Hibs and Hearts was followed by brutal fighting in Lothian Road and Fountain Park.

Unfortunately I havent read either of these but judging by the reviews they do seem to be good reads. While in the dressing room as one of the production assistants was handing out the white Hibernian away jerseys provided by the club they noticed that the Hibs casuals were wearing t-shirts with hooligan slogans on them and instructed them that during the show not to make any noise until prompted and on no account should they reveal their CCS shirts while on air.

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Horrified women and children looked on as violence erupted at Central station after a Scottish Cup-tie between Ayr and Hibs last March. From the mid-90s, cops were cracking down on hooliganism using intelligence methods and CCTV to frustrate arranged clashes between rivals. To try to overcome the hurdle of effective policing of football match days in other cities the idea came about of arriving early enough to avoid detection and the subsequent police escort. Members of the Baby Crew would be positioned with a line of sight on the exits from the station to enable them to determine what potential route visiting soccer crews would take and likely points where to confront the opposition.Sometimes it was necessary to make use of scheduled express coach service routes, [54] hired coaches, rented or privately owned vehicles like cars, mini-buses and transit vans to circumvent anticipated police measures in place around main railway stations and city centres. Another band from Greater Manchester Northside played at the Calton Studios to a crowd mainly of Hibs casuals and students. Members were accused of grabbing part of the city’s market for Ecstasy pills as rave culture exploded in the 90s.