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The Leeds United Service Crew are a football hooligan firm linked to the English EFL Championship team, Leeds United F.C. [1] The Service Crew were formed in 1974 and are 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.
Hibernian v Leeds United, Easter Road There was a small skirmish between Hibs boys and the Leeds Service Crew on Easter Road near to the stadium. [34] After the match Hibs boys were seen to be carrying knives in rolled up newspapers. [57] 28 August 2004 Hibernian v Dundee, Easter Road The CCS clashed with the Utility in the West Port before the ...
The only fighting that occurred before the match between the CCS and the Leeds Service Crew was a brief skirmish on Easter Road. [9] As Leeds lads started to leave the ground from half-time onwards there were a few more scuffles between small groups of each mob and near to Waverley station some Hibs boys were seen carrying knives [7]
[3] The rivalry between the clubs often spilled out onto the terraces: at the height of British football hooliganism in the 1970s and 1980s, Chelsea's Headhunters and Leeds' Service Crew were among the most notorious football firms and had numerous violent encounters with each other. Hooliganism has been effectively curtailed since the 1990s ...
Leeds United – Leeds United Service Crew [60] Leicester City – Baby Squad [61] Lincoln City – Lincoln Transit Elite [62] Liverpool – The Urchins, R.R.S. Runcorn Riot Squad [63] Luton Town – The MIGs, Lutonistan, Lutonlees Bury Park Boys [64] Manchester City – Blazing Squad, [65] Cool Cats, [66] Guvnors, [67] Mayne Line Service Crew [68]
Leeds United Service Crew badge, featuring the British Rail symbol.. Many organised hooligan firms emerged in the 1970s, associating themselves with clubs such as Arsenal (), Aston Villa (Villa Hardcore), Birmingham City (Zulu Warriors), Blackpool (The Muckers), Burnley (Suicide Squad), Derby County (Derby Lunatic Fringe), Cardiff City (), Charlton Athletic, (), Chelsea (Chelsea Headhunters ...
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Hostility became more intense over the years and during the 1970s, when British football hooliganism was at its height, fights between the Leeds United Service Crew and Manchester United's Red Army, the club's respective hooligan firms, were commonplace and became known as some of the most violent clashes in British football. [5]