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

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Referred to as scarfers, or more playfully as cavemen by the Hibs boys, a popular chant at the time that was adopted by some Hibs scarfers was Oh it's magic, you know, Hi-bees and casuals don't go and this dislike between the CCS and other sections of the Hibs crowd was tangible at home matches.

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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.They were one of the UK’s most notorious gangs of football casuals during the 80s and 90s – but some within the feared Capital City Service branched out from matchday brawling into serious organised crime. Twenty-two were arrested during incidents on the High Street, Rose Street and outside Waverley Station while a Leeds fan was hospitalised with head injuries.

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Blackleys Baby Crew (BBC) - Formed in 1985 mainly by the younger siblings and associates of the original members.They are more commonly known in the media and amongst the public as the Hibs Casuals, although within the hooligan network they may also be referred to as Hibs Boys. To try to overcome the hurdle of effective policing of football match days in other cities the idea came about of arriving early enough to avoid detection and the subsequent police escort. Obviously, there are others out there who won’t hesitate to use violence against a Scotland player if they are paid enough.

Ex-football thug has no regrets for trouble on the terraces

Blance also claims in the book that his links with CCS put him in association with leading Edinburgh gangland figures. He was a frontline participant of the CCS and the story relays confrontations between them and other mobs as well as Roy's personal discourse on what it was like to be a Hibs casual. In later seasons the information for the meeting point was often communicated by the use of party invitation cards that detailed the venue and time. By the early to mid-1990s this system had expired and was replaced mainly by two protagonists who arranged most battles and who were also striving for control of the mob.On match days in Edinburgh, the Penny Black pub, near Waverley Station, was a favoured CCS gathering place. They also fought running battles in the streets against rival casual gangs from Aberdeen, Motherwell, city rivals Hearts and Rangers and Celtic thugs. With carnage raging around them, it appeared the brawl had no end in sight, but what happened next changed the course of history for the CCS and solidified their status as the top boys in Scotland. Then, at their peak, Blance and thirty of his fellow gang members were drawn into an incident that would change his life forever: the attack on the Kronk, a rave organised by a rival gang. The Capital City Service (CCS) held running battles with similar groups from Celtic, Hearts and Rangers before later branching out to fight across the UK and Europe, sparking mass police incidents in the process.