Hibs Boy: The Life and Violent Times of Scotland's Most Notorious Football Hooligan

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The bunch at the front would act as a decoy and start causing trouble in an attempt to lure all the police officers to rush in and assist their colleagues.

The older or more male only gang purists amongst the CCS were often embarrassed by the existence of this set of wanna-be gang members. Also, both of the shows presenters at the time, Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain, went into the room and reiterated the instructions regarding behaviour with the latter revealing the Torquay United tattoo on her posterior upon request from the still inebriated Scotsmen.CCS yobs took on rivals associated with other Scottish clubs and clashed with “firms” from down south such as Millwall, Leeds and Chelsea. In the early 1980s, Hibs away fixtures were regularly attended by fans travelling on supporters' buses from amongst areas in Edinburgh such as Leith, Niddrie, Tollcross and Granton. As for the bridge of doom it's funny in all my years of using it not once have I been chased, harassed or even intimidated using it -- must be that his boys are visiting their mums at match time.

I followed Hearts from 83-89 and never ran into the CCS at Easter Rd, maybe they jumped Hearts fans in the city centre. In 2006 the documentary series The Real Football Factories created by Zig Zag Productions was shown on the Bravo TV channel which looked at football hooligans and firms throughout the UK. Blackleys Baby Crew (BBC) - Formed in 1985 mainly by the younger siblings and associates of the original members. An illustration of this occurred prior to a pre-season friendly at Easter Road Stadium against Leeds United in 2004. Andy Blance, another member of the CCS elite who later wrote about his experiences in the 2009 book ‘Hibs Boy,’ described the incident as “madness,” admitting the group’s behaviour overstepped the mark.

What he and the other lad who wrote a hibs book don't understand is that the Hearts support made it very difficult for the Hearts mob to grow and there was plenty of run-ins between the two with the casuals getting grief most of the time. Apart from the very occasional defeat, I can only say I have have nothing but good memories of going over the bridge of doom to ER. BBC Scotland's investigative current affairs programme Frontline Scotland broadcast in 2004 its report Policing the casuals on the rise of football hooliganism in the country and the legislation proposed by Scottish police forces dealing with it. One group of Hibs casuals went to Mercer's Edinburgh suburban home with the intention to confront him directly but upon realising he wasn't there they painted slogans on his house such as 'Mercer is dead' and 'Long Live Hibs'.