The camarederie was great. It was a great feeling to know as you walked down a street in another town, and looked around to see all your mates there, that none of them would let you down. Anyone who says the lads are not fans does not have a clue. The result on the pitch means everything."

The footage shows thugs throwing missiles, booting bins and chanting following last Saturday's match against Port Vale.

Forever sowing trouble

This was behaviour that was totally out of character. In my view you were swept along with the crowd and the emotion at that time. In a fractious game Police officials have confirmed there have been 6 arrests made at the Liberty Stadium during the game 4 or which were Swansea supporters. One man who can perhaps answer that question is Eddie Kelly, the 38-year-old being one of around 40 contributors to a new book chronicling the exploits of one of the most infamous hooligan gangs of them all – Leeds Service Crew.

It left supporters climbing a grass bank to get onto the main road as the Police were not allowing any fans behind the North Stand. After the disturbances at this year's Ipswich game, police released photos of a number of supporters - including Charles - who they wanted to trace.Another eyewitness, who watched the disturbance from her house, said: "It was an absolute riot, and has been understated by the police. Now Mr Bratt plans to send the internet footage to Leeds United along with his claim for compensation. He says: "The frustration is that I can barely do anything now compared to when I was a Para and could do anything I wanted. We were the best of the best." His work started to suffer and it was during these dark months he fell in with the football hooligan group the Leeds United 'Service Crew'. In January 1987, the club’s reputation for hooliganism had become that when Leeds were drawn against non-league Telford United in an FA Cup third round tie, the Shropshire club outright refused to host the game at their ground, this games was then played some 30 miles away at the stadium of West Bromwich Albion.