List_of_hooligan

List of hooligan firms

This is a list of notable hooligan firms. Most are football firms, but some are hooligan firms associated with other sports.

1 Firms
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Firms

Organised football hooligan firms exist in a number of countries. Whilst in countries such as England and Poland firms are clearly defined, in South America the situation is less clear cut. Therefore for groups in South America, see Barra Brava and Torcida.

England

Arsenal – Gooners, The Herd^[1]
Aston Villa – Villa Youth, Steamers, Villa Hardcore, C-Crew^[2]
Birmingham City – Zulus^[3]
Blackpool – The Muckers^[4]
Bolton Wanderers - Tonge Moor Slashers^[5]
AFC Bournemouth - Bournemouth Casual Element
Bradford City – The Ointment^[6]
Bristol City – City Service Firm^[7]
Burnley – Suicide Squad ^[8]
Carlisle United – Border City Firm ^[9]
Chelsea – Headhunters^[10]
Coventry City – The Legion^[11]
Derby County – Derby Lunatic Fringe^[12]
Everton – County Road Cutters^[13]
Grimsby Town – Cleethorpes Beach Patrol ^[14]
Huddersfield Town – Huddersfield Young Casuals^[15]
Hull City – Hull City Psychos^[16]
Kettering Town – Kettering Shoe Crew^[17]
Leeds United – Leeds United Service Crew^[18]
Leicester City – Baby Squad^[19]
Lincoln City – Lincoln Transit Elite
Liverpool – The Urchins^[20]
Luton Town – The MIGs^[21]
Manchester City – Guvnors^[22]
Manchester United – The Red Army ^[23]
Middlesbrough – The Frontline^[24]
Millwall – Bushwackers^[25]
Newcastle United F.C. – Newcastle Gremlins^[26]
Nottingham Forest F.C. – Forest Executive Crew^[27]
Norwich City – Norwich Hit Squad^[28]
Oldham Athletic – Fine Young Casuals^[29]
Plymouth Argyle – The Central Element^[30]
Portsmouth – 6.57 Crew^[31]
Preston North End – Preston Para Squad^[32]
Queens Park Rangers – Bushbabies^[33]
Sheffield United – Blades Business Crew^[34]^[35]
Sheffield Wednesday – Owls Crime Squad^[36]
Southend United – CS Crew^[37]
Stoke City – Naughty Forty^[38]
Sunderland – Seaburn Casuals^[26]
Swindon Town – The Aggro Boys; Swindon Active Service (SAS)^[39]
Tottenham Hotspur – Yid Army^[40]
West Bromwich Albion – Section Five^[41]
West Ham United – Inter City Firm^[42]
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Subway Army^[43]

France

Paris Saint-Germain – Commando Pirate,^[44] Casual Firm, Indépendants^[45]

Israel

Beitar Jerusalem – La Familia^[46]

Northern Ireland

Linfield – Section F^[47]

Norway

Aalesunds FK / SPK Rollon – Blue Army Aalesund / Blue Army Rollon ^[48]

Fredrikstad FK – Brigade Rød Hvit (BRH)^[49]

Ham-Kam – BBB ^[50]

I.K. Start – Christianssands Herreekvipasje^[51]

Lillestrøm SK – Sportsklubbens fineste / Supporterklubbens Fineste (SKF) ^[52]

S.K. Brann – TjoaGuttaBergen (TGB)^[53]

Viking FK – Stavanger Yngre ^[50]

Vålerenga I.F. Fotball – Isko Boys ^[54]

Russia

CSKA Moscow – Yaroslavka^[55]
Spartak Moscow – Gladiators^[55]
Zenit Saint Petersburg – Music Hall ^[55]
Lokomotiv Moscow – Red-Green Vikings, Trains Team, Mad Dobermans Firm, Steam Engines ^[55]
Airdrie United – Section B^[56]
Celtic – Celtic Soccer Crew^[57]
Dundee & Dundee United F.C. – The Utility^[58]
Heart of Midlothian – Casual Soccer Firm^[59]
Hibernian – Capital City Service ^[59]
Motherwell – Saturday Service^[58]
Rangers – Inter City Firm ^[57]

Sweden

AIK – Firman Boys^[60];Baby Boys^[61]

AIK Young Boys^[62]

Linköping / Cluben Casuals – ^[63]
Djurgårdens IF – Djurgårdens Fina Grabbar,^[62] Djurgårdens Mindre Grabbar,^[62] Djurgårdens Yngsta^[62]
GAIS – Gärningsmännen,^[62] Gais Yngre^[62]Gais babies^[62]
IFK Göteborg – Wisemen,^[62] Gothenburg Youth Division^[62] Youth Crew Gothenburg^[62]Gothenburg United^[62]
Örgryte IS – Red Fanz Klan,^[62]
Hammarby IF – Kompisgänget Bajen,^[62] Bajen Baby Squad^[64] Bajens Yngsta^[64]
Helsingborgs IF – Frontline,^[64] Helsingborgs Yngre (HBGY)^[64]
Malmö FF True rockers
Västerås SK – VSK Casuals^[65]

Wales

Cardiff City – Soul Crew^[66]
Swansea City – Swansea Jacks^[67]

References

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^ Gall, Carolin (2005). Zulus: A Football Hooligan Gang. Wrea Green: Milo Books. ISBN 1-903854-48-2.
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^ Porter, Andrew (2005). Suicide Squad: The story of a hooligan firm. Wrea Green: Milo Books. ISBN 978-1903854464.
^ McNee (1999). England's number One. P.I.G. ISBN 10096661030X.
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^ Robinson, Tommy (2006). MIG Down. Pennant Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0955039409.
^ Francis, Michael; Walsh, Peter (1997-12-03). Guvnors: Story of a Soccer Hooligan Gang by the Man Who Led It. Milo Books. ISBN 095308471X.
^ O'Neill, Tony (2004). Red Army General: The Inside Story of the World's Most Infamous Football Firm. Wrea Green: Milo Books. ISBN 1-903854-32-6.
^ Debrick, Paul (2005). The Brick: A Hooligan's Story. Wrea Green: Milo Books. ISBN 1-903854-47-4.
^ "Injured officer describes 'battlefield'", BBC News (2002-05-03). Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
^ ^a ^b "Fight like 'scene from Braveheart'", BBC News (2002-03-12). Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
^ Clarke, Gary (2005). The Red Barmy Army Firm. Headhunter. ISBN 978-0954854232.
^ Nicholls, Andy; Nick Lowles (2006). Hooligans Volume 2: The M-Z of Britain's Football Hooligan gangs. London: Milo Books. ISBN 1903854644.
^ "Hooligans troublespots - Oldham Athletic", BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
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^ Allen, Paul; Naylor, Douglas (2005). Flying with the Owls Crime Squad. London: John Blake. ISBN 1-84454-093-6.
^ "South Essex: We'll stop Euro 2004 hooligans", Clacton Gazette (2004-03-23). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
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^ "Vissa VSK-supportrar bara ute för att slåss", Sveriges Television (2005-07-14). Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
^ "Cardiff and the hooligan element", BBC News (2003-05-17). Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
^ King, Martin; Tooze, Andrew (2007-11-08). The Swansea Jacks: From Skinheads to Stone Island - Forty Years of One of Britain's Most Notorious Hooligan Gangs. Manchester: Headhunter Books. ISBN 1906085056.

External links

Hooli-News Latest hooligan-related news and information from around the world.
Three-part BBC2 investigation on football firms from 2002
Running with the 'Naughty Forty', part of the BBC2 2002 investigation

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