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

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Ryan Low, 25, from Edinburgh – tagged for 100 days, 300 hours of unpaid work and a two-year football ban. Blance claimed his gang plotted against the late Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer after he tried to take over Hibs in 1989. Blance is something of an enigma. To one newspaper he is the ‘axeman thug’; to the police he is a serious criminal; to those who know him best he is a loyal friend; to his fellow Hibbys he is a true fan who never misses a Hibs game, home or away. CCS thugs reportedly pushed the drugs on the terraces to fans, and police said several casuals had been prosecuted for dealing.

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Off it however, a certain section of the Easter Road support were busy transforming themselves from a small hooligan element to the most feared casual gang in the UK. The book begins with an account of his troubled childhood, his first gang fights and his initial experience of life behind bars. He moves on, becoming a skinhead on the streets of Edinburgh and, inevitably, gets involved in football hooliganism.Blance also blows away the myth that the CCS and other casuals were just boys out for a fight at the football or adherents of an innocent youth cult. In fact, as he explains, the CCS was a serious criminal gang heavily involved in drug dealing, extortion, shoplifting, punishment beatings and street robberies. a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705

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He added: “Aberdeen lit a flame that day, one that has never been extinguished. We swore there and then that we would take revenge on Aberdeen.” Hired coaches or transit vans would sometimes be used to avoid law enforcement and make their way to Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow.

Chicago style: The Free Library. S.v. AXEMAN BOSS OF HIBEES CASUALS; Notorious gang led by bouncer Blance.." Retrieved Oct 31 2023 from https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705 Andy Blance, another member of the CCS elite who later wrote about his experiences in the 2009 book ‘Hibs Boy,’ described the incident as “madness,” admitting the group’s behaviour overstepped the mark.

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CCS members and hooligans associated with Leeds United fought on Edinburgh’s streets in 1993 before and after a game between the sides.Although football-related violence waned from its worst days, Hibs casuals continued to be involved into the 21st century.