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	Real names of english football firms	326 weeks ago

	Birmingham City F.C. -Zulus Blackpool F.C. ? The Muckers Chelsea F.C. ? Headhunters Hull City F.C. ? City Psychos Leeds United A.F.C. ? Service Crew Manchester United F.C. ? Red Army Middlesbrough F.C. ? The Frontline Millwall F.C. ? Bushwackers Preston North End F.C. - Preston Para Squad Sheffield Wednesday F.C. ? Owls Crime Squad Sheffield United F.C. ? Blades Business Crew Stoke City F.C. ? Naughty Forty West Ham United F.C. ? Inter City Firm A bit on The 3 best known Firms: Nearly all major football teams in Britain have suffered from violence amongst fans and many teams have a specific gang (called a "firm" or 'Casuals' in Scotland) of violent young men who have attached themselves to that team, comprising of 'hardcore' thugs whose violence is usually organised and pre-meditated, rather than spontaneous. The Chelsea Headhunters are one of many such gangs, but are amongst the most high-profile. The biggest targets of their violence and taunting are the supporters of other London teams, in particular Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham. There was widespread racism amongst the gang and links to various white supremacist organisations, such as Combat 18, the National Front and Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary organisations, such as the UDA and UVF. They were infiltrated by investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre for a documentary screened on the BBC on November 9, 1999, in which MacIntyre posed as a wannabe-member of the Chelsea Headhunters. He even had a Chelsea tattoo applied to himself for authenticity, although the hardcore were surprised he chose the hated "Millwall lion" badge rather than the classic 1960s upright lion one. He confirmed the racist elements in the Headhunters and their links to Combat 18, including one top-ranking member who had been imprisoned on one occasion for possession of material related to the Ku Klux Klan. The programme led to arrests and several convictions. However, Jason Marriner, who was convicted and sent to prison as a result of the show, has recently written a book claiming to have been set up by MacIntyre and the BBC. He claims that footage was edited and manipulated, and "incidents" were manufactured and they were convicted despite having no footage of them committing crimes.[1] Back in 1986, one Chelsea 'headhunter' was sentenced to life imprisonment and another was sentenced to ten years behind bars for a series of violent offences at football grounds over the country. A year later, another of the 'Headhunters' - 25-year-old Terence Matthews - was sentenced to four years in prison for an attack which almost claimed the life of a pub landlord. Nick Love's controversial 2004 Film, The Football Factory, presented the Headhunters in a fictionalized account. The film focuses mainly on the firm's violent rivalry with the notorious Bushwackers firm, who support South London, League One side Millwall.The Inter City Firm ('ICF') was a UK football firm affiliated to West Ham United, so called because they used the InterCity train network to get to away games. They were extremely active in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill Gardner was generally recognised as the firm's leader or "top boy". Another, self-proclaimed, leading figure was Cass Pennant, who authored one of the very few books on the subject to be written by a supposed genuine top flight member of a firm, Congratulations You Have Just Met the ICF. In this book, two factors made clear are that the ICF were not ostensibly a racist or right-wing firm, and that they were notably averse to joining up with firms of other teams whilst supporting the England national team. The former assertion, and indeed Pennant's veracity, has been much disputed by many from inside and outside the ICF. Also mentioned is the reluctance of other teams' firms to travel to Upton Park in any great numbers and, this being true, it is evidence of the ICF's supremacy at the time. They were probably one of the most notorious of the hooligan firms that existed in the so-called "golden age" of football hooliganism, although the Chelsea Headhunters, the Birmingham Zulus and Millwall Bushwhackers also had fearsome reputations. The ICF: The Inter City Firm ('ICF') was a UK football firm affiliated to West Ham United, so called because they used the InterCity train network to get to away games. They were extremely active in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill Gardner was generally recognised as the firm's leader or "top boy". Another, self-proclaimed, leading figure was Cass Pennant, who authored one of the very few books on the subject to be written by a supposed genuine top flight member of a firm, Congratulations You Have Just Met the ICF. In this book, two factors made clear are that the ICF were not ostensibly a racist or right-wing firm, and that they were notably averse to joining up with firms of other teams whilst supporting the England national team. The former assertion, and indeed Pennant's veracity, has been much disputed by many from inside and outside the ICF. Also mentioned is the reluctance of other teams' firms to travel to Upton Park in any great numbers and, this being true, it is evidence of the ICF's supremacy at the time. They were probably one of the most notorious of the hooligan firms that existed in the so-called "golden age" of football hooliganism, although the Chelsea Headhunters, the Birmingham Zulus and Millwall Bushwhackers also had fearsome reputations. The ICF: The Inter City Firm ('ICF') was a UK football firm affiliated to West Ham United, so called because they used the InterCity train network to get to away games. They were extremely active in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill Gardner was generally recognised as the firm's leader or "top boy". Another, self-proclaimed, leading figure was Cass Pennant, who authored one of the very few books on the subject to be written by a supposed genuine top flight member of a firm, Congratulations You Have Just Met the ICF. In this book, two factors made clear are that the ICF were not ostensibly a racist or right-wing firm, and that they were notably averse to joining up with firms of other teams whilst supporting the England national team. The former assertion, and indeed Pennant's veracity, has been much disputed by many from inside and outside the ICF. Also mentioned is the reluctance of other teams' firms to travel to Upton Park in any great numbers and, this being true, it is evidence of the ICF's supremacy at the time. They were probably one of the most notorious of the hooligan firms that existed in the so-called "golden age" of football hooliganism, although the Chelsea Headhunters, the Birmingham Zulus and Millwall Bushwhackers also had fearsome reputations. Millwall bushwackers: The Millwall Bushwackers are a hooligan firm who follow Millwall FC that originated in the 1970's, a dark era of football hooliganism. They were probably the most feared firm in the 1970's and 1980's as their pimary purpose was to cause trouble and fights at Millwall football matches. On occasion they were blamed for causing some of the worst acts of rioting in British football. The Millwall Bushwackers took their name from groups during the American Civil War who would ambush certain indivuals and towns, known as Bushwhackers. The hooligan firm still exists today. However, it is not nearly as large as it was in its golden age. This is due to ex chairman Theo Paphitis' introduction of the membership scheme after the events outside of the New Den Stadium on the evening of the Birmingham City play off semi-final in May 2002, which Sergeant Russell Lamb of the Metropolitan Police Service, a veteran of May Day and Poll Tax riots described as the worst violence he had ever experienced [1]

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