Armed for the Match: The Troubles and Trial of the Chelsea Headhunters

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There had been quite a lot of altercations before the game,” he recalled. “You’re talking mid-80s, early 80s, whatever it was.

There was a time when you couldn't find a coach firm in West London willing to take Chelsea fans, and going by some of the things I've seen, you honestly couldn't blame them. To get round this coaches would be booked as Union Outings or even School Trips, but for obvious reasons Union Outings were the more plausible. Trips to Auschwitz have become a regular occurrence for Chelsea supporters on their trips into the East. C18 magazines reproduce photographs of their activities there, including some where the hooligans are lying on concrete slabs and stealing artefacts. Me too, could write a book on some of the things I saw him do. His comments at times were priceless too. Saw some photos of him at Napoli last season. Violence in Paris as Chelsea fans clash with PSG fans before Champions League clash - Metro News". Metro. 3 April 2014 . Retrieved 4 November 2014.These fresh convictions have ripped the heart out of the Headhunters’ hierarchy who, in their heyday, became infamous for inflicting their own

Police said Last kept a diary of his exploits, which revealed he had a series of bank accounts containing thousands of dollars to fund the gang members travels throughout Europe and as far as Chile to whip up fan violence. More than 200 yobs then fought a running battle for the next quarter of an hour, hurling missiles and traffic cones at each other. heard he caught aids after shagging ladyboys in thailand and is now in a hospice in kent somewherehe is in barrio baretto subic bay philippines Before sentencing, Last trembled in front of the judge. But when his 10-year sentence was handed down, he showed no emotion. a b Gimmers, Mof (18 February 2015). "Chelsea FC Has a Nationwide Following of Racist Hooligans". Vice.The close Headhunter association with following England has increased the nationalist and xenophobic attitudes of many Chelsea hooligans. Regular trips to Glasgow Rangers and Northern Ireland have only reinforced this relationship. Told in Henderson's exact words, this is the dramatic story of an era of music and football, when how you looked counted as much as how you performed. With its depiction of events surrounding South Korea/Japan 2002, Who Wants It? also shows how the scourge of hooliganism continues to blight the beautiful game today. Read more Details One policemen who watched him during soccer violence testified that Last became 'like a completely different person -- he completely changed, his lips came over his teeth, he was completely distorted in anger.' I don't know any of these gentlemen; just reading the tabloid, but somebody shot him in the eyeball. Nobody gets shot in the eyeball for something they did 20 years ago. He was singled out by Dutch police as "one of the most vicious of the Rangers' group" - even though he is a Hibs fan. Glascow Rangers were playing PSV Eindhoven when the violence broke out. Rangers' fans charged after someone shouted at the Dutch fans: "come on, you know we are here for a fight." Police have also linked McLeod and a fellow hooligan Warren Bennett, to neo-nazi groups including the racist British National Party.

Ward, Colin; Henderson, Chris (5 October 2000). Who Wants It?. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-84018-325-X. Chon , I first met Chris over 13 years ago in Pattaya, before he ever got 'The Dogs <deleted>', he ain't a bad lad at all.We all support a different team, but we’re all the f***ing same. We’re like-minded, we wear the same sort of clothes, we go to the same sort of bars but on different sides of town, we’re all up for the same thing, we’ve got the same sort of personality… One of Scotland's most infamous football thugs appears to have escaped an assassin's gun in Pattaya. Yes he still lives in Philippines , makes it over to Thailand fairly often and some Chelsea aways in Europe

McLeod is understood to have made several enemies in the foreign and Thai communities in Pattaya and has reportedly insulted members of both. He rides a chopper motorcycle, is believed to have invested in property in Thailand. He once ran a clothing business called Original Casuals in South Clerk Street, Edinburgh. PATTAYA: -- James "Fat" McLeod, 35, underwent critical surgery at an international hospital in the resort. Doctors saved his life but he lost his left eye. The attempted murder took place at the new home McLeod bought in the beach resort, where he has taken a local girl named Nok as his wife. While most of the Chelsea hooligans McIntyre met were in their thirties, he also crossed paths with the Reading Youth Firm, a younger group of hooligans in their late teens and early twenties who follow Reading. They too were involved in drug-dealing, violence and nazi politics. And I'm sure if a Thai bloke shoots you in the head you probably did do something wrong somewhere along the line I'm just bored of hearing about what makes a good or bad tourist/expat/teacher in Thailand. Jason has spent time in prison and received numerous football bans as a result of his involvement in fighting (Image: BBC)If you like to fight and kill people over a game of football you're not an ok guy , but a brainless insect needed to be squashed.