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

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Is there any common theme - high unemployment amongst younger age groups and perhaps the "originals" looking for a bit of nostalgia? Once the slot had aired and the dust had settled, it was later revealed that Sky Sports had been inundated with more complaints about Soccer AM than they'd ever received before. He claims to be a passionate Hibs fan, but it appears what happened off the pitch was often more exciting for him than events on.

Rather than deter them, this near-tragedy emboldened the fledgling gang to continue with their efforts in being casual hooligans. In readiness to face other hooligan gangs a formation was opted for that consisted of a front line of around twenty self-proclaimed "nutters" who initiated the confrontation with their rivals and directly behind them were other enthusiastic battle lines ready to support the attack. So it was a shabby looking bunch that were mostly still blatantly in an alcoholic haze who shuffled onto the mini-bus bound for the studios at 6 a. with Andy Blance and Bobby Lipscombe lifting their Hibs jerseys to reveal their CCS mottoes and other casual-related slogans - much to the horror of the show's execs, who finally realised who they had booked on. BBC Scotland's investigative current affairs programme Frontline Scotland broadcast in 2004 its report Policing the casuals on the rise of football hooliganism in the country and the legislation proposed by Scottish police forces dealing with it.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.

This tended to make an easier job of splitting up the other mob and dispatching their less robust members quickly.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. This would allow the Hibs boys to be on show for any rival crews along the way to have the opportunity to interact with them. What he and the other lad who wrote a hibs book don't understand is that the Hearts support made it very difficult for the Hearts mob to grow and there was plenty of run-ins between the two with the casuals getting grief most of the time. Hired coaches or transit vans would sometimes be used to avoid law enforcement and make their way to Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow. 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.