It recounted how, in the early Eighties, the Aberdeenshire farmer's son moved to the city at 16 and became a founding force in the Aberdeen Casuals. An Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) conduct and competence committee decided to strike off the social worker after three children were taken into emergency care after she falsely told her manager their mother threatened to kill her children, kill herself and burn the house down. They couldn't pull the same numbers as Aberdeen, Motherwell or Rangers and because of the Hearts fans refusing to take of their "bovver boots" for Adidas or Dia Dora the small numbered CSF couldn't compete with the "Big Boys". The publication of Rivers's book, compiled from the notes and diaries he kept at the time, supposedly marks the 25th anniversary of the gang's foundation in 1980, though that in itself is a hazy concept.

Last month, Burberry's chief executive Rose Marie Bravo said the label's adoption by "chavs" - the English equivalent of neds - "probably had not helped" the upmarket brand's UK performance. It's not as if there was ever an inauguration ceremony. It is the latest addition to what has become a minor publishing industry. So I messaged the number, which was Allan – although I didn’t know that at the time – to say: ‘I’m at Aberdeen’s training ground right now, the connection’s bad, so I’ll call you when I leave’.It was this weekend 2 years ago that I got a call I’ll never forget. My band and I were driving to a show on the east coast when my little sister had to break the news that mom wasn’t going to make it through the night. My guys pulled the van over and wrapped their arms around me while I cried and said my goodbyes. I’ll forever be impacted by that moment, but that moment is also what keeps me going. When I have moments of doubt. When I think my music isn’t being heard. When I want to throw in the towel…I don’t. Because I have an angel in heaven cheering me on. And all that matters to me is that I make her proud. To my family, friends, team, and fans…thanks for standing by me. #ENDALZPosted by JAY ALLEN on Saturday, February 20, 2021 Jay closed that chapter of his life by writing a controversial book Bloody Casuals - Diary Of A Football Hooligan. West Ham and Man Utd both had hooligan gangs in Aberdeen for the weekend and fought at the ground and in the city centre over the weekend. In 1981, Liverpool won their third European Cup Final in five years, beating Real Madrid in Paris. Hooton was at the midweek game and, like thousands of other fans, travelled over on the ferry the weekend before. As well as football, he had training shoes on his mind: a rumour had spread about a shop in Paris called The Adidas Centre which sold trainers unavailable anywhere else. It was the Holy Grail as far as Hooton and hundreds of other Scouse soccer casuals were concerned. They spent all weekend scouring the city looking for it.

When they started out they were small in numbers but remember they were "Edinburgh Casuals" not Hearts or Hibs. The term casual was not originally meant to represent football hooliganism. Bands like Manchester's Happy Mondays, former casuals to a man, took the fashion style that had developed on the terraces and put it into the nightclubs where it became the dominant look.Did Hearts casuals ever fight.I can remember them getting abuse when walking round the shed but i cannot think of 1 fight i have saw them in.