Service Crew: The Inside Story of Leeds United's Hooligan Gangs

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It's more likely that chavs wanting impress each other and possibly the old boys that are likely to be indiscriminate. On 28 April 2007, during the Championship game at Elland Road with Ipswich Town, about 200 home fans spilled onto the pitch and forced a 30-minute delay after a late Ipswich equaliser all but sealed Leeds' relegation to League One.

The service crew have a reputation within the hooligan groups for being one of the most violent firms in English football history.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Brighton away a couple of months later was, however, a day that some Leeds lads can’t be too proud of. On 5 May 1990, Leeds and their fans travelled to AFC Bournemouth on the South Coast for the final game of the 1989-90 Second Division season. During the height of the hooliganism, the Service Crew became one of the most notorious firms in European football, [2] and in doing so nearly brought the club to its knees. After reading so many similar books on hooligan culture I have to say that the Service Crew book comes out as a fantastic read.

Brighton was the last away match of the season and a few decided to go down on a minibus to London on the Friday before the match.But in contrast, it also mentions Leeds United hooligans attacking a busload of school children abroad because one is wearing a Manchester United shirt under their uniform.

Apologies, I'm sure it has its nice parts and I was just basing my view on past experience, rather than any objective facts. The last game of the season at Brighton and Hove Albion saw the Sussex club relegated to the Third Division after Leeds beat them 1-0.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. Its not a nice read to start with as it just sounds like bragging rights and i just don't understand how 40 year olds can still feel pride in their actions. I'll admit, there were a few hard core thugs involved with Leeds as there still are, but these lads got away. I found the book quite nostalgic in that I remember and knew quite a lot of the original protaganists. Modern day crackdowns on football hooliganism and the heavy use of CCTV at grounds have, as with other firms, largely curtailed the activities of the Service Crew.