18:48, 24 JUL 2020. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? All of those convicted received banning orders from all football grounds in England and Wales ranging from three years to eight years. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The place was rocking, we lost but we usually did but I was hooked. Anyone remember the big fight in the seats at Molineux involving Millwall fansgoing back quite a time but has always stuck in my mind. Extracted from 'Congratulations, You've Just Met the ICF', by Cass Pennant (published by John Blake Publishing on 4 April, 15.99). A mate disappeared, got downstairs with an oil painting of Chelsea Moscow, the largest gate at SB ever. "There was a black Chelsea fan who was hyperactive, running around like a headless chicken trying to have a pop at everyone. He said: All of a sudden hes gone for me Ive f***ing shaped up and gone to go with him. 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He lost about 3 pints of blood on the way to hospitial. Hooligan firms (also known as football firms) are groups that participate in football hooliganism in European countries. Hibs hooligan Andy Blance, 48, also helped co . GET IT RIGHT! Pastor Mike shows up at Patty's house to confront her and Christian. Suprrb photos thank you David for posting them.priceless, wonderful. Once removed from the terror or the normalizing force of six thousand people doing these sometimes bizarrely dangerous and cruel acts, there is a kind of surreal aesthetic to it. There was another game we played against Chelsea where there was a lot of trouble, that was the last home game of the 76/77 season. Of course, the lairy c*** I was said: Its f***ing Chelsea, what do you thin? I nodded over to him, giving him a wink as if to say, 'Come here mate, we're with you, we're Chelsea.' "With Old Bill heavy on the scene we thinned out but still continued down the road. The man in the quilted anorak was dead wrong about that. The Chelsea supporters looked absolutely gutted that they couldn't get their end back. Thats when it kicks in a bit hold on a minute, they f***ing love me here.. Pile out at Fulham Broadway, leaving the transport police behind. Words can not describe how I feel You might want hto think of watermarking these great pictures, they'll be on ebay before you know it. Commander in one of the first organized crews in england -chelsea. Careful when choosing which ticket collectors to dodge. Chelsea Headhunters are one of England's most infamous and feared football hooligan firm's. And absolutely hate Tottenham Hotspur with a passion Chelsea FC Has a Nationwide Following of Racist Hooligans After Chelsea fans abused a black man on the Paris Metro, the club needs to face up to the fact that it's been attracting racists from. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Anyway, my mate's wife wouldn't have it in the house so he took it down to the pub and swapped it for a cheese plant. A year earlier, Chelsea hooligans had been seen making Nazi salutes and heard shouting "Sieg Heil" during violence ahead of another Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain in the French . Manchester City keeping tabs on Kovai contract situation at Chelsea report, Arteta: At the end you have to win football matches otherwise it is unsustainable, Sam Kerr named to 2022 FIFA FIFPRO Womens World XI, Thiago Silva suffers knee ligament injury, not coming back anytime soon, Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Chelsea, Player Ratings: Not even angry anymore, Thiago Silva expected out at least one week report, Next two games make or break for Graham Potter at Chelsea report. In this great photo, Eccles appears to be wearing black 10-eye Dr Marten's and a pair of white sta prest with turnups, although they don't seem to be Levi's as they haven't . I would love to make contact with you all, particularly Bubbles, Jean and Eccles, so that I can share my memories and photos with you. Football hooliganism hit a peak in the 80s, when often boozed-up fans from each side would fight it out on the streets before and after games. Then it was in its heyday during the 80s. (Who knows facking hundreds of one-armed Chelsea hooligans): Oh yeah , I know who you mean now!! One Chels got the worst slashing I have seen, I had to hold the cuts shut waiting for the ambulance. Their songs included "Are You Ready to Ruck?" "And I always end up getting hit on the head with a brick and such like.". Anyway Villa were playing Chelsea and Chelsea brought a mob along with Babs and the Villa fans just started singing "if you have got two arms, clap your hands" with the Villa fans just waving one arm above there heads to take the mick out of Babs. In Madrid there were a lot less, possibly under 200 English. My heart beats to the sound of Liquidator as it was done by us properly. The BBC had collected 344 of hours of filming, and not to mention, it needed to compress it into a 54 minute documentary! HOOLIGANS REUNITED Firms, football and middle aged flab < football home: By Adam Porter 2002 It's a dying art. He confirmed the right wing elements in the Headhunters and their links to Combat 18, including one top-ranking member who had been imprisoned on one occasion for possession of material related to the Ku Klux Klan. Fierce rivals West Ham and Chelsea (Image: SG) Ageing yobs leading the firm have either been jailed or drifted away from football hooliganism in recent years. The word simply wouldn't form. Something went wrong, please try again later. Feel free to post more pictures - those are great. This just resorted with even more disorder and innocent people getting crocked by flailing truncheons. 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One fan was knifed that night following clashes on the pitch between West Ham and Millwall fans. Not an attempt to glorify football hooliganism, rather continue the current theme for Wolves 'nostalgia'. They ran off in the direction of the North End Road. I don't want to glorify any of this, as youngsters might read it, but they were very different times; we tooled up and took some revenge not on anyone but we got some of the guys who did it; they were all dressed in light blue shirts and dark blue trousers. babs chelsea hooligan - pmda.asso.fr Chelsea Headhunters - Wikipedia In this great photo, Eccles appears to be wearing black 10-eye Dr Marten's and a pair of white sta prest with turnups, although they don't seem to be Levi's as they haven't . That had been my only assault on civilised values, which is not to say that I did not look capable of assault. The way we saw it, they were only good at smashing everything up. My blood is blue. When they left a few minutes later, with one of them shouting, You bloody Americans! I left at half time and didn't go back for a time. How sweet. Proper Chelsea fans are a family. Headhunters', Chris 'Chubby' Henderson, who boasted of the kickings and beatings he gave at football matches in Britain in an autobiography, has died in London. If Kevin Keegan had been an inch taller, I could have been to a World Cup final. Mainly in the oppositions home end terrace. I had, of course, never taken Manchester United's Stretford End; in fact I had never even been to Old Trafford. (shelved 2 times as hooligans) avg rating 3.56 456 ratings published 1998. Is the Wolves hooligans still in Prince Albert pub? He claims that footage was edited and manipulated, and incidents were manufactured and they were convicted despite having no footage of them committing crimes. Arrived in Bilbao and got very, very drunk. Many fans fired back with abuse a sign of how little love there is between the clubs. Anonymous. Anything to get as far away as possible from the authorities' stereotyped image of what they thought they had to look out for "It was funny the way the beer monsters in their claret-and-blue hooped rugby shirts with donkey jackets regarded the new casual look as something tarty. Many games stick in my memoryMansfield away in FA Cup when some bloke tried to punch my 65 year old, 5ft 2 father after we had come back from 2.0 down to win 3.2. <br>The 2DS is also a great option. Will see big bob tho on his Chelsea stall next time I'm kicking up the cobble stones, looking for fun n feeling groovy daarn the Fulham rd Love these guys. who were fighting some outnumbered Chelsea. He claims seeing one-armed babs and the be-suited Nigger going at it in Seven Sisters would have been the most comedy FV incident in history. The Farah strides, Pringles or Gabiccis we wore on a Friday night we now sported to matches on the Saturday. With the ground behind us, the railway line on the right, the main carpark behind a fence on the left and the police closing the gates to the front we were left in the open pen as sitting ducks. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Isn't Eccles selling programs outside the Bridge these days? I really am so eager to get into contact with any of the Shed guys I knew in the 70s. Any idea where he got that nickname from?. He had a Chelsea tattoo applied to himself for authenticity, although the headhunters were surprised he chose the hated Millwall lion badge rather than the classic 1960s upright lion badge. Infamous ex-Chelsea hooligan has 'Lee Rigby freezer' in new shop for ex-pat Brits The former football hooligan and notorious member of the Chelsea Headhunters has been slammed online for. Along with West Hams Mile End Mob the headhunters were one of the original Football Firms in England. He said.eccles is called Eccles coz he loves the Eccles cakestrue or not I don't know. I named my son Marvin after the substitute in 1970 Cup final. "4/How Soccer Explains the Sentimental Hooligan." After Chelsea lost a match, Whitton and other hooligans stormed into the pub, chanting War! In the pub Friday night, coach there at 5am to go to away games. Jason acknowledged that this event sparked his passion for football violence, as he found an identity with his fellow Chelsea supporters. When we arrived at the pub later that night he was sat there nursing a great big black eye. Jason Marriner, one of the firm's ringleaders, received a six-year prison sentence for his involvement in organising fights, which he spent in Wandsworth prison. Both mobs shaped to go. They got semi circled against a wall, 15 all with slashing knives. These cookies do not store any personal information. Against Spain in the Bernabu, a celeb from Kent was with 150 Chels in the bottom tier and us about 50 in the upper tier opposite end. He was seriously fronting us all, taking one step forward then eight backwards as Gardner came out of the crowd. I want Gardner!' My name is David and in the early 70s I spent at least a year with Bubbles, Jean, Eccles and all the Shed Boys taking hundreds of photos of you all for the Sunday Times Magazine, one of which you reproduce on your web site. jerry. The skinhead connection did not go hand in hand with the racism that would categorise the headhunters but from the late seventies. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Foer, Franklin. Henderson, former owner of the 'Dogs's Bollocks bar in Pattaya is reported to have died of a seizure on . We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. At the same game we were all congregated in the right side of the South Bank which was attacked by the Police on a number of occassions whislt trying to pull out a few hooligans. I'm doing a better job than you. Stories? Over the decades, yet to meet any 'Blue' who knows!. Famous moments.. The older fans know that it rarely goes of in the street beforehand. Chelsea Football Club faced further criticism for fan racism after a group of supporters were pictured holding a hooligan flag bearing a Nazi symbol before the team's controversial match in Hungary. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: #hooligans, #chelsea, #chelseafans . Unseen footage from the dark days of Tyneside's hooligan past will be revealed in a new documentary. Ever since then, generations of Chelsea fans are seen as being right wing and far right extremists. I was a respectable grammar school boy who, give or take a tricky gerund, could translate from the Latin Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe. And mine, I'm pleased to say, came out firmly on top. Before I wrote this article, it was suggested to me that I might like to meet Cass Pennant. He also refers to a former black skinhead called Animal, "now known as Olajide Ikoli". One Of England's Most Infamous Football Firms Chelsea Headhunters So the Chelsea Headhunters originally started as the 'Chelsea Shed Boys'. Football hooliganism was in full flow when i was growing up in the seventies - I never went anywhere near. 1.a surname adopted 30 years ago to avoid police. As his friend nipped to the loo, he was left holding a Chelsea flag which an opposition fan quickly cottoned on to. They played the numbers game, invading the opposition in hordes, always proud to wear the colours and confident their army was too big to have a go at. THIS is the shocking moment a gang of footie thugs traded blows in the street after Chelsea's penalty win over Tottenham Hotspur. He was found guilty of taking part in the violence on 13 October 1986 and sentenced to four years in prison. When we asked what happended he replied that he was walking out the Southbank and had just got to the gate where a baying mob of Wolves fans were trying to get over the 10ft fence to attack Aldershot. The next thing the Old Bill pushed them away. Hello, hello we are the Chelsea boys, Hello, hello we are the Chelsea boys, And if you are a Tottenham fan surrender or you'll die, We all follow the Chelsea. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions held by the editors of this site. And West Ham very disappointingly always seem to lose the match? In the van were Frank's brother Pete and two Pauls. And Liz skinhead lovely, not seen her in years. 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