After that game we started to attract a lot of fans just there for the aggro and by 80/81 we were taking thousands even to places like OT and Goodison. There was nothing new about this concept, my mates and I did it in 68/69 for the same reasons, the only difference was in 1980, there were thousands at it, so of course, the media get hold of it, a story is born, myths perpetuate, and then you have a cult with a cult following.Unfortunately, there are victims of this, namely the poor lads who got stitched up in Operation 'Wild Boar' in 87. I read it myself a few months back, and having followed the mighty Whites home and away from 1965 to 84, I reckon I'm well qualified to comment. Share with: Link: Copy link. They have a large number of strong rivalries, including rivalries with Millwall's Bushwackers and Man United's Red Army. The law regarding football violence seems very silly to me. What happened is, a lot of lads started going on the service trains to escape the [edited for content] from home fans and local plod that came with being herde on to specials and Wally Arnold coaches. I have just finished reading a book by Caroline Gall about the notorious Leeds Utd Service Crew and their activities in the 70's and 80's and to a lesser extene maybe in the 90's.What are people's thoughts about this? Give me a football hooligan any day rather than the gangs of chavs that hang about our streets causing misery for literally thousands of people up and down the country.i do believe,induced by potent circumstances,that thou art' mine enemy?↳ Underground streets, tunnels, culverts,↳ April 2007 - The Hyde Park Picture House,↳ June 2007 - Tunnels Under City Station. Another northern club, Leeds United, certainly experienced the bad side of football in the 80s. At the very least, I’d earnestly hope that – whoever from opposing or rival clubs ever takes a look at WACCOE or the Service Crew Forum – they won’t judge the bulk of genuine Leeds United fans by the childish, ignorant and prejudiced rubbish they might read on those particular two sites. Let them get on with it, why fill our overcrowded prisons with these when people commiting real crimes get a slap on the wrist and sent home. WALMOTtv. 124. pontyendskin. £399.00. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project, see a list of open tasks, and join in discussions on the project's talk page. 0 bids. Remember, violence breeds violence.I do believe, though, that football violence is very much a part of our social history, and reasons for it need to be looked at closer than the treatment it gets in the press and courts. £2.00 postage. MESSAGES. A decade later, a … DISCUSSIONS. The Service Crew were formed in 1974 and named after the ordinary public service trains that the hooligans would travel on to away matches, rather than the heavily policed, organised football special trains. I would say Paris75 was the turning point. It could have any of 2-3 thousand lads who were only doing the same thing, namely following their team and getting in a few rucks. 1:36. Here I have a Yellow Leeds United SERVICE CREW football pin Badge. *makes a clinking sound* that's better a good old 'WHACK' with the Manchester spanner soon sorted it out lol.Hullo LS1,Interersting post re SC Book. I think the name Service Crew was a generic name invented by the media. or Best Offer. I have seen more riots caused by the police than I care to remember and this was the main reason I stopped going away. Why someone can be locked up for 4 years for wanting to fight with like minded individuals, when a gang of teens walk free from court after kicking seven bells out of a female shopworker in an unprovoked attack(as happened recently) is beyond comprehension. Leeds United Service Crew is within the scope of WikiProject Yorkshire, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Yorkshire on Wikipedia. I think the name Service Crew was a generic name invented by the media. These lads, who got four years apiece, were unlucky. Ending Thursday at 5:37PM BST 1d 13h. You didn't have to go looking for it, it often found you. Football hooligans in general only fight each other, they do not fight with passers by or the public going about their business.
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