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

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Jason, a member of the documented Chelsea fan group referred to as the Chelsea Headhunters, claimed he has many friends who support different teams despite their fighting (Image: Getty Images) On Monday, Terence Matthews, of Morden, Surrey, and two others pleaded guilty to affray. A judge warned them they face jail when sentenced in May.

In sentencing law office clerk Terry Last, 24, a teetotaller who liked birdwatching but was the club's self-styled 'commander-in-chief,' Schindler said the man behaved like a power-mad general in leading violence. On Thursday, 13 other Chelsea fans were jailed for offences of violence after the Cardiff game and received sentences of up to two years in jail. One of Worrall, Mark (10 May 2007). Blue Murder: Chelsea Till I Die. Head Hunter Books. ISBN 978-1-906085-00-1.

Oliphant, Roland (25 September 2016). " 'You won't want to hear this, but we hate the English' ". The Telegraph. He explained he thought that, "because it’s gone round that a few liberties have been taken outside the ground... I think they’ve been doing this for me, because I’ve been ironed out.” Football hooliganism hit a peak in the 80s, when often boozed-up fans from each side would fight it out on the streets before and after games. 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.

The Headhunters’ links to the far right stem from the mid-1970s, as the skinhead youth culture became increasingly politicised and associated with football hooliganism. The Kings Road, very close to the Chelsea ground, became a focal point for west and south London skinheads. It was during this period that Stuart Glass and many of the older hooligans became active with both the Headhunters and the NF. During much of C18’s existence, it has been the Chelsea Headhunters who have formed the largest single group within it, to the point where the political group was widely seen as a Chelsea "firm".

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In fact, Jason explained, despite their frequent clashes, fans from different clubs often became friends, saying: “Football violence is a culture. Ward, Colin; Henderson, Chris (5 October 2000). Who Wants It?. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-84018-325-X. These fresh convictions have ripped the heart out of the Headhunters’ hierarchy who, in their heyday, became infamous for inflicting their own 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.

LONDON -- A judge Monday sentenced five 'of the nastiest, most ruthless and most vicious' soccer fans to up to 10 years in prison for organizing six years of violence that frequently turned English and European stadiums into battlefields. They disappeared from the scene for a number of years following a string of convictions for violence. Then last year the ringleaders coaxed the now middle-aged and pot-bellied brutes out of retirement for one last dust-up. 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. The firm was involved in numerous incidents of violence through the United Kingdom and Europe during the 1980s. [7] Its activities inspired numerous prominent Russian hooligan firms, and some high-profile members of the Headhunters took part in football hooliganism in Russia. [8]Before sentencing, Last trembled in front of the judge. But when his 10-year sentence was handed down, he showed no emotion. Monday, Judge George Schindler sentenced five convicted soccer hooligans to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years and said they were 'some of the nastiest, most ruthless and most vicious men for whom violence appeared to be a way of life.' The thugs jostled on the Fulham Road. A group of Cardiff fans broke away and made their way to the King’s Road, where they were met by the Headhunters. 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…

Yeah I know he does Euro Aways still. Spotted him in the crowd at Maribor last year alongside his brother. He strutted like a little tinpot leader whose vanity and arrogance knew no bounds, glorifying and reveling in violence,' the judge said.Ultra-nationalists/fascists/racists (whichever country they might be from) hardly ever get my sympathy They were finally arrested and their subsequent trial was meant to be the crowning glory of Thatcher’s campaign to vanquish hooliganism. Seventeen hooligans were named to police in just two days last July following an appeal in The Sun.