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

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He was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for his part in organising football violence against other firms. 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.

Police insisted on a noon kick-off but the first signs of trouble came in the morning when more than 100 Chelsea yobs marched on North End Road, splitting into two groups with military precision to attack Cardiff coaches. It was during this period that C18-Headhunters begun their vicious campaign against the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association (CISA), which had angered them by supporting anti-racist campaigns. Over the whole of the last football season, BBC journalist Donal McIntyre spent time in the company of some of Britain’s most violent hooligans. I met him at the Midnight Rambler bar/inn in Barrio Baretto (outskirts of Olongapo) where by coincidence we were both staying and partying nightly. Below is a video of the news footage that was reported on GMTV, a breakfast television show aired in Britain.McLeod refused to report the incident to police and told doctors at the Bangkok- Pattaya International hospital that his injuries were the result of a gas explosion. In 2000, Chelsea Headhunters formed a temporary alliance with other British hooligans supporting Rangers F. I don't know any of these gentlemen; just reading the tabloid, but somebody shot him in the eyeball. In June 1998, after several years of skull cracking at football matches, McLeod, a leader of Hibernian Capital City Service football gang, planned to disrupt a World Cup game between Norway and Scotland and destroy the reputation of Scotland's usually well behaved Tartan Army. The firm was involved in numerous incidents of violence through the United Kingdom and Europe during the 1980s.

There is widespread racism among the Headhunters, with many having some connection to nazi groups such as Combat 18, the Ku Klux Klan and the British National Party.The chance to rekindle the tribal camaraderie and blood-fuelled adrenaline the Headhunters had once lived for presented itself when Championship side Cardiff City were drawn away to Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup on February 13 2010. 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. The documentary provided damning court evidence that led to the conviction of one of there top boys Jason Marriner. C., Cardiff City, Swansea City and Leeds United led by Arsenal's firm, The Herd, to attack Galatasaray fans in Copenhagen and Turkish fans in Brussels during Euro 2000 as part of revenge for the 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final stabbing of two Leeds United fans by a Galatasaray fan.