But it was a petrol bomb. Aberdeen got the fright of their lives and ran into the train station, the first time they had ever run. The story of the Capital City Service, the Hibs casuals who became the most notorious gang in Scotland. a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705 Detectives estimate up to 70 people were involved in the battle but only 30 were identified and arrested. Less than half successfully argued they were innocently caught up in the fighting. He reveals his friendships with many of Scotland’s leading footballers, some of them internationalists, who were no doubt attracted by his notoreity.

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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.In October 2006, a 2-2 derby between Hibs and Hearts was followed by brutal fighting in Lothian Road and Fountain Park.

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A source said: “It was essentially a jolly. Although there were current CCS members among them, most were older men with families. MLA style: "AXEMAN BOSS OF HIBEES CASUALS; Notorious gang led by bouncer Blance.." The Free Library. 2003 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday 31 Oct. 2023 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AXEMAN+BOSS+OF+HIBEES+CASUALS%3b+Notorious+gang+led+by+bouncer+Blance.-a0101168705 Although football-related violence waned from its worst days, Hibs casuals continued to be involved into the 21st century. Everyone was in high spirits, there were a lot of tall tales, but we had won. We went to the pub and had a few pints. The Hibs Baby Crew (HBC) were youngsters who, in 1987, were involved in hooliganism and seeking full membership.News Football thugs banned from matches for 43 years over battle at Glasgow Central Station in front of horrified families On the pitch, the 1980s were a decade to forget for the Hibernian faithful as the club flitted between mid-table finishes and occasional flirts with relegation.

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We didn’t become Scotland’s top mob overnight, in the beginning, we took some right beatings,” Dykes recalled in 2008. Frain, from Essex, was jailed last year but it has not been possible, for legal reasons, to report full details of the riot until now. Blance has paid a heavy price for his activities over the years. It is not just the fines, prison sentences and the savage beatings in police custody but also the devastation that has been wreaked on his family and personal relationships.

By the time the CCS was first active around 1984, many of the city’s street gang members would be among its ranks as hooliganism became a major problem in both Scotland and England. CCS members and hooligans associated with Leeds United fought on Edinburgh’s streets in 1993 before and after a game between the sides. 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.