Missed the first 15 mins waiting to get in,getting to our spot just as Eddie May scored the only goal of the game.

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. It made grounds far safer places for normal people to go, because there were so many police brought in and the casuals had to find somewhere else to go to fight," he explains. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. From the mid 1990s onwards police intelligence efforts and the effective use of closed-circuit television cameras impinged upon these methods of initiating gang fights so meetings via mobile phones became the preferred means to make arrangements with rival mobs.The bunch at the front would act as a decoy and start causing trouble in an attempt to lure all the police officers to rush in and assist their colleagues. He said: "I am not saying we would have killed him but we had contingency plans to do him serious harm. Members were accused of grabbing part of the city’s market for Ecstasy pills as rave culture exploded in the 90s. About 100 CCS members travelled to London, where they fought Millwall thugs near the Old Kent Road and reputedly got the better of their opponents. Likewise, after games had finished the city centre bars were sometimes used as the last opportunity to engage with their rivals as they made their way back to the railway station.

For obvious reasons, I can't name him, or even the clubs he has played for, but I hope he managed to make his peace with the gangster, who is not someone you would want to mess with. Although the CCS were never accepted by the club as real fans and despite the antipathy often shown towards them from other Hibs supporters, the gang were also opposed to this threat to the club's future.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. 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. Often Hibs boys would leave the ground before the match had finished while avoiding police attention to try to position themselves better to launch attacks on the opposition. I've never understood why knuckle-draggers are given the platform to, firstly, air and glorify their antics and then profit from them! Whenever possible they tried to ambush another crew and strike them at the weakest point which was usually in the middle of their mob, the perception being that this section contained few if any of their adversaries' more competent fighters.

The rowdy Hibs mob got blinding drunk, chanted 'CCS' and even convinced Soccer AM co-presenter Helen Chamberlain to show off her rather intimate tattoo. Barely a matchday went by without reports of the CCS being involved in serious fighting with supporters of rival clubs, while the group also had links with the world of organised crime and drugs. Blance also claims in the book that his links with CCS put him in association with leading Edinburgh gangland figures. In October 2006, a 2-2 derby between Hibs and Hearts was followed by brutal fighting in Lothian Road and Fountain Park. Your never going to hear one of these idiots saying "aye we went down to Brockville in Febuary 87 and every one of us got our teeth to play with" Obviously they are going to make themselves sound like the hardest thing known to man.As the CCS evolved an informal hierarchy appeared but there was no singular leader or 'top boy' as was usual for other crews. The only time I ever say the word is to warn my Son about the "Hearts" on the pavement: that is the dog ****. Some clothing suggested for the scene and also the use of club colours were rejected by the Hibs boys as they would deem the portrayal of casuals as being non-authentic. Over the years accusations of a range of criminal activity not linked to football has been levelled towards the CCS as a whole as well as individuals within it.