If the hibs mob was a true hibs mob they would never had allowed hearts boys to join them, they just wanted to be a great mob and took all the casuals they could get to be number one, or two if you liked the ASC better. 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. The book is about my time with the Hibs casuals and everything that went on - but I have to say that is all in the past now." Around 100 hooligans from Hibernian’s Capital City Service flew to Benidorm to celebrate 30 years of mayhem on the terraces.

Obviously, there are others out there who won't hesitate to use violence against a Scotland player if they are paid enough. It should be a major worry for the player. SCOTTISH football thugs went to Spain for their anniversary bash – and ended up getting battered by a rival gang. Michael Imrie, 24, and Gerald McCann, 46, both from Edinburgh – nine-month jail terms and two-year football bans. Membership wasn't even restricted to only Hibs fans. Over the years casuals from Hearts and sometimes Old Firm fans who lived in Edinburgh were integrated into the mob. 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. [9] [41]For the film adaptation of The Acid House in 1998 directed by Paul McGuigan a Hibs boy was involved in assisting on wardrobe and providing some bona fida Hibs casuals as extras for the final scene in the pub. 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. During filming the director requested that the Hibs boys sing some CCS songs and chants and they complied much to his approval. [45] [111] It happened on Bothwell Street. There was nothing we could do. We were totally outnumbered. It was a day I’ve never forgotten. McDougal, Dan (28 January 2002). "The curse of the casuals". The Scotsman . Retrieved 24 August 2011. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is helping one of Scotland's worst football thugs cash in on his violent past - describing him as a "good pal".

A pivotal moment in this formative season was when the CCS encountered the leading casual gang at the time in Scotland - the Aberdeen Soccer Casuals - before a Hibernian v. Aberdeen game in Edinburgh. The two mobs clashed on Easter Road and after some fighting the CCS ran away, but one Hibs boy got severely beaten and was in a coma for a week. Rather than deter them, this near-tragedy emboldened the fledgling gang to continue with their efforts in being casual hooligans. At the next Hibs match, against local rivals Hearts at Tynecastle, the CCS fared a lot better when they came up against the notorious Gorgie Aggro. This also proved to be a turning point in the Edinburgh football hooligan scene. [9] [41] Structure within the gang [ edit ] He said of McCann: “If the judge wanted him to be jailed for eight weeks he would have sentenced him to eight weeks.

Finn, G. (1989). "Tae be there an' that": The Creation of Social Realities and Social Identities Among the Football "Casuals". Paper to the Annual Conference of the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, Glasgow, September. Hired coaches or transit vans would sometimes be used to avoid law enforcement and make their way to Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow. As it was Bobby's idea, we got him to phone Sky and put our case. To his surprise he got through to Tim Lovejoy, the co-presenter."

Douglas, Scott (5 August 1991). Edinburgh Evening News. {{ cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) By the late 1990s a leading Hibs casual had opened a clothes shop on South Clerk Street in Edinburgh called Original Casuals. [120]Dinwoodie, Robbie; Raymond Duncan (6 June 1990). "Hibs in hunt for wealthy defender MERCER'S HOME GUARDED BY POLICE DOGS". The Herald . Retrieved 9 September 2013. Finn, G. (1987). Casual Talk and Casual Observation: The Phenomenon of the "Soccer Casuals". Invited paper to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, Glasgow. A spokesman added “A significant step has recently been taken through our policy of ending automatic early release for dangerous offenders and sex offenders.” The hibs support themselves at that time had no spine and were just grateful that they had a hooligan mob that stopped them from getting grief from Hearts, Rangers and Celtic fans. I followed Hearts from 83-89 and never ran into the CCS at Easter Rd, maybe they jumped Hearts fans in the city centre. But Hearts used to take over 10,000 fans to easter Rd, Hibs support at Tynescastle was a disgrace, to the point where in 89 I think Hearts split the gorgie rd end to allow more Hearts fans in.