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

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Travelling up to Leicester for a fight with rival hooligans, Andy Frain told McIntyre how he had been deported from the US in the early 1990s while on a trip to visit the KKK. He said he was also imprisoned in Scotland after being caught in possession of Klan hate material. "That didn’t go down too well," he joked. The Shed End Forum relies on revenue to pay for hosting and upgrades. While we try to keep adverts as unobtrusive as possible, we need to show these to make sure we can stay online and continue to keep the forum running. Over the years costs have become very high. Yes thats true, nobody hates a Charlton supporter as they are not really considered a football team Before sentencing, Last trembled in front of the judge. But when his 10-year sentence was handed down, he showed no emotion. A now slimmed-down Matthews, 50, was once accused of being the “Fat Man” who rammed a bottle in a barman’s face at a pub near Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground.

They disappeared from the scene for a number of years following a string of convictions for violence. Then last year the ringleaders coaxed the now middle-aged and pot-bellied brutes out of retirement for one last dust-up. Monday, Judge George Schindler sentenced five convicted soccer hooligans to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years and said they were 'some of the nastiest, most ruthless and most vicious men for whom violence appeared to be a way of life.' If you like to fight and kill people over a game of football you're not an ok guy , but a brainless insect needed to be squashed. The notorius Fat was washing the dishes when a hired gunman fired a shotgun through the kitchen window. a b Gimmers, Mof (18 February 2015). "Chelsea FC Has a Nationwide Following of Racist Hooligans". Vice.

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Seventeen hooligans were named to police in just two days last July following an appeal in The Sun. Football hooliganism hit a peak in the 80s, when often boozed-up fans from each side would fight it out on the streets before and after games.

Marshalling the bloated and blowing Chelsea soldiers that day were Andy “Nightmare” Frain, 46, and Jason Marriner, 43. Told in Henderson's exact words, this is the dramatic story of an era of music and football, when how you looked counted as much as how you performed. With its depiction of events surrounding South Korea/Japan 2002, Who Wants It? also shows how the scourge of hooliganism continues to blight the beautiful game today. Read more Details

These fresh convictions have ripped the heart out of the Headhunters’ hierarchy who, in their heyday, became infamous for inflicting their own Me too, could write a book on some of the things I saw him do. His comments at times were priceless too. Saw some photos of him at Napoli last season. 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.