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

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By the 2010s, cops noticed casuals involved with the CCS in the 80s had returned to the fore, teaming up with a younger element. 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. 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.

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Warren Miller, 29, and Stuart Younger, 30, both from Alloa – one-year jail terms and five-year football bans. He said: “I am not saying we would have killed him but we had contingency plans to do him serious harm.”This is admittedly a violent and often brutal book but it is also a moving one. One that everyone with an interest in football and its darker side will want to read. Above all it is an honest book, stripped of artifice and exaggeration. It is the truth. The story of the Capital City Service, the Hibs casuals who became the most notorious gang in Scotland. He reveals his friendships with many of Scotland’s leading footballers, some of them internationalists, who were no doubt attracted by his notoreity.

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

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. Related Articles SCUM ON TOUR; EXCLUSIVE: The thugs who tried to bring violence to the Tartan Army. Ryan Low, 25, from Edinburgh – tagged for 100 days, 300 hours of unpaid work and a two-year football ban.a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705 Detectives estimate up to 70 people were involved in the battle but only 30 were identified and arrested. Less than half successfully argued they were innocently caught up in the fighting. In October 2006, a 2-2 derby between Hibs and Hearts was followed by brutal fighting in Lothian Road and Fountain Park. The Record understands the mayhem was masterminded by Andy Frain, 49, of football thugs the Chelsea Headhunters, who was jailed for two years.

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

Members were accused of grabbing part of the city’s market for Ecstasy pills as rave culture exploded in the 90s. The incident, recounted by former CCS leader Derek Dykes in his book ‘These Colours Don’t Run, saw the firm gain a measure of revenge after one member of the group was put into a coma during a previous fight. 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.” CCS members and hooligans associated with Leeds United fought on Edinburgh’s streets in 1993 before and after a game between the sides.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. One of the first members of the Hibs Capital City Service, he has been right at the heart of every CCS encounter for the last twenty-five years, apart of course from those he missed while in prison.