From Kool Kats To The Guvnors. The Complex History Of Man City's Hooligan Firms
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2023
- Voted 13th in the book '21 Toughest Hooligan Firms Ever!' by renown hooligan historian author Paul Gratis, Manchester City have had quite a few hooligan firms in their history. The Kool Kats, The Guvnors, Mayne Line Service and the Blazing Squad.
In this video we delve into their history and look at the major incidents they have had over the 50+ years of hooliganism.
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I'm a United fan but from Manchester so you hear and share a lot of the stories. Don't remember the year, but presume it was one of the 70's games, Leeds fans 'famously' attacked a man and his daughter after the game. Was all over the MEN and the bitterness for City v Leeds lasted a very long time. I also seem to remember an incident against Huddersfield at Maine Road, (might have been the 10-1?) when Town fans returned to their minibus after the game and every window had been smashed and all the tyres slashed. Also, met a guy in Spain a few years ago who knew all the 'names' and was a white fella from Rusholme I think. He said he ran with the Guvnors back in the day and being white was called 'Caspar' - after the white ghost kids programme at the time. Don't know if that was a wind up or not - anyone ever heard of him?
Yeah, the guy was probably in his 30s/40s, and was with his young son , and whilst the cops held thousands of City fans back after the game, these two seemed to walk straight out of the ground, presumably from the City seating section, and were set upon .... but that's Leeds shithouses for you!
It probably put him off attending matches football for good .... and traumatised his kid.
As you rightly say, it was printed in the MEN with a photo of the guy in a 'bad way' in hospital.
Yeah they were in the seats and we were held back in the low field road getting bricked and bottled over the wall …. There was a lad called Caspar in my distant memory but I mainly remember Daffy from Rusholme boozed in the Clarence’s vault … game as fuck
In the film, at one minute thirty seconds, it shows MAN UTD fans outside Ninian park Cardiff. You can see a sign, BLUEBIRDS shop. As a Cardiff fan i was there in 1974.
I went to man city around 1982 in the fa cup. The only trouble i remember was the football special being smashed up before it even left the station in Manchester.
One of the photos is outside ninian park, Cardiff v man utd ,if you look close there is a sign saying bluebirds club ...😂
Yes that is Cardiff v Man United 74
Utter drivel. The Birmingham game was in 73-74,(not 72) and the narrator's confusing the two Leeds FA Cup ties. 76-77 City fans tried to take the home end. 77-78 Leeds fans went for revenge after some incidents at the Maine Road meeting a few months earlier. I attended both Millwall games in 87-88 and it was nothing like described. Quite the opposite, because after rioting at Luton in 85, the game against City in Dec 87 was Millwall's first real powderkeg fixture. By common consent City were ready for anything that came their way and gave as good as they got. As for the home game, the narrator is confusing the Maine Road riot in 98-99 which was more random vandalism against Manchester property than seriousfighting.
True - City gave millwall a pasting at London Bridge station and the dibble refused to get involved as they were too busy gathering info for the Omega case. I thought the 98/99 riot came about due to City's frustration at not being able to get at their rentamob (it was loads of different club's firms because, despite lying to the contrary about 'sleepers' and such what, millwall simply don't have the numbers)... I know a few Blues who arrived home that night carrying a lot of Asian gold nicked from jewellers on Wilmslow Rd - typically the big mouthed southern liars tried to claim that they'd smashed up Manchester later on, but it was actually City causing mayhem and taking the opportunity to make a few quid.
No doubt ginger Bob will claim ten Millwall chased thousands of city😂
Millwall it was rumoured reading and bristol city joined them. From Stockport to in the ground it kicked off. Was there seats the lot in the North stand.
City have never tried to take their end ffs have you seen the size of it? Few lads in at the most most chucked out including Johnny khan
Who the hell thought blazing squad was a good name? 😮😊😂
Named after band and a single called meet you at the crossroads . The crossroads was a pub opposite the etihad which was bought by mickey f and changed its name to the Manchester arms …. Only Mancunians in the area ! CTID
The Kool cats didn’t stand up to the naughty 40 in Rothersthorpe service’s on the M1 back in late 80’s. 2 coaches of Man City 1 of stoke.
I was there throughout all those years, and there are quite a few discrepancies in that video ..... City did gear up and take a firm to Millwalls old Den , and there were reports that they had attacked Millwall fans near London Bridge ... but, personally, i never really had any trouble watching City at the Old Den, although at one game a City coach was apparently bricked on the way to the ground.
That troublesome match at Leeds was horrendous after the game, but it was by no means one sided, City stood firm and gave as good as they got, and that was probably the biggest away following ever to grace Elland Road.
Newcastle (away) was really bad in the FA cup one year, probably 80s, lot of fighting in the Gallowgate ..... Everton (away) after an FA Cup 2-2 drawn game was another bad one ..... Forest (away) was also a bad one, in the early 70s in a sunday FA Cup match which we lost 4-1 .... Leeds (away) the league game in 1975 was another bad one, fighting all the way back to the station and bricks thrown ...... but times were very different back then, especially in the 70s, and you really don't see much trouble nowadays.
Utter rubbish. The guy sounds like he's from a government public information broadcast from the 1950's..
That Leeds game was probably the FA Cup game in January 1977, I was there in that Lowfield road stand, there were around 16-000 City fans there that day, in the south stand and all the way along that lowfield road terracing up to halfway, that south stand was terracing in the lower section and was jam packed with City, the upper section was seating and full of Leeds. The Leeds fans were leaning over and fighting the City fans at the top of the terracing, it was going off everywhere. In 50 years of attending home and away at MCFC, that game at elland road was the largest away following outside of cup finals and semi finals. In 1976-77 we beat Leeds home and away in the league, then lost that FA Cup game to a late Trevor Cherry goal, the following season 1977-78 we lost both league games, then beat them in the FA Cup, footballs a strange game. Great memories.
Very underated mob in the old days, i was there as Leeds at the match , only a few city in bottom corner , they got chased out , tons of trouble, but , a realy good mob ! Thinkvabout it if your from manx an your rivals are man u ...you need a big decent mob to play ball with man u , yes respect to the old City mob in the 70s
Yep, i was at that game and you could see the 'commotion' at the bottom corner of the Leeds Gelderd end, where some City fans had entered ..... a similar thing happened at Villa Park one season, when a mob of City fans had a go at the Holte end there.
Utd were all bay city roller lookalikes from outside Manchester in the 70’s so easy prey. Local manc reds a different story
Respect to the Francis brothers
They are still around along with most other lads from that era
Mickey in jail for involved loan shark & laundering.
Mainly Donald organised the away day coaches for us all booking coach as a non foot ball trip so we can park away from grounds so not on police radar man we really took liberty's Donald bull dog slater etc all good lads no runner's and good memories of Debbie a game scrapper never for get arsenal's away she was 1st in oh the good old days all the best to you all WILLIE Moston blues 🇬🇪
@@paulwilson3159 Debby and her brother she was mad as fuck …. Geezer went my school in Gorton
@@swaldron5558mickey has been out for years now
LOL 0.56 i am on that pic :)
Some of pictures are United.
Thought that picture around 17 seconds were Musical youth
Just want to say back in 77or 78 we took over the kol cats main pub there main boy trevor Francis said Chelsea are the only firm to do so it's in is book
Trevor Francis haa he was a footballer you no fuck all my mate so how can u comment and kol cats 🤣yu mad
Trevor Francis lol
It was Donald not Trevor!🙄😅🇪🇬👹
I spoke to a couple of mancs in Greece who worked for him on the door they called him trevor have a look at the book
@@neilhumphrey4197 I lived next door to Donald Francis when he lived in Openshaw ….. also went on coaches in the 70’s selecta travel cool cat coaches . He’s not a Trevor 😂
Big respect for City fans but “Blazing Squad” ?? 🙈 They could of picked a better name! Sounds like a boy band 😅
For the record, us older lot named them that. Because there was a lot of them (city youth) and we was boozing outside the cross roads pub, right outside the Stadium/ground when we moved from Main road. how does it go ......meet you at the cross roads. Sung by a boy band called .....you guessed it Blazing Squad. And another one for the record. not all firms names are brilliant. Baby Squad (LEICESTER).......The ointment let you guess that one. where does it stop......Al least I can say ours was a bit of Humour....Man whos. named after a stupid film.......NEXT .......MCFC TREBLE WINNERS, Tally ho
And nothing about the 89 derby where that game was stopped for 15 mins players off the pitch when United infiltrated the north stand and kicked off when the shout went up at 3.05pm.
Woeful channel.
I’ve listened to 2 now and that number of factual inaccuracy is a joke.
Proper div running this channel.
How dos 7 fans take Leeds Kop,,,,it's all bull
it didnt happen just a few lads went in and got rescued by dibble and walked to the City fans or arrested.
What a pile of shite. We didn’t try to take the Kop at Leeds that day, we didn’t get a pasting outside. I was there, Leeds fans were spilling onto the pitch to get the game stopped. The subway fight at Millwall never took place, London Bridge station afterwards. I was there.
@@mcfcmanc very true, only a few city in bottom corner, but City still brought a realy good mob that day , respect ...from old leeds boy
There is a Leeds fan posting here who admitted that it DID happen, and i was there and actually saw it happen ..... there were a few more City fans than just the seven mentioned here though, and luckily cops nearby spotted it and moved the City fans out of the Leeds end.
@@yayasgoalCity fans were passing leaflets around in the Kippax recruiting lads (no runners) to go to Millwall on a couple of coaches .... this happened the week before the Millwall fixture.
Jackanory.
As an old geezer most mentioned on here i was there home and away. But it was never done the way the AI bot says. Pasting lol 😂 both ways not just biasd towards City but the Mayne Line Service Crew, Young Guvnors and Guvnors were well respected and regarded.
Never came to St. Andrews at all ,all through the 70s..
City were there all right, and i know because I was there myself, i went on the football special a few times .. but it was similar to being at Wolves in the South Stand in the 70s, fans were scattered, a lot unsegregated, you couldn't really tell who was who.
I went
Where's that mate. MCFC
@@user-ob9pm5rf9r Birmingham City
Surely you`ve got that the wrong way round Birmingham never turned up to Maine Road in any sort of numbers.
To the post below me......word of advice. Never admit to being a United fan, awe bless. MCFC CHAMPIONS
There are lots of inaccuracies in these accounts
This is just some AI nerd using tech to create a video.
It’s word for word from books - and no credit given to the authors.
Woeful.
Blazing squad 😭😭😭
Guvnors..young guvnors..blazing squad..Maine road whatever..all a f**king joke!!🙄..mib.. England's no.1 firm 70s..80s..90s..fact!👊🤬👹
@@mcfcmanc ..maybe in your eyes...but true!!🤬👹
Named after a song or band I heard ?
City brought many of numbers to arsenal on many occasions before they became spoilt with success like the rest of them, always looked forward to seeing city’s firm away with England
United red army would run these kids all over Manchester
You keep telling yourself that
But you didnt
Utd only good in numbers ….even numbers they shit themselves
City firmed up at the star and walked to old Trafford untouched
City=blah blah blah..bullshit!🙄👹
Manchester City has tainted history more like 😂 enjoy league 2 in a couple of years' time if found guilty of course which you clearly are.
cooooooool catsssssssssssssssssssss
cool cats
This is so fucking lame
MIB 👹
divs
Manchester is Blue?
@@ManchesterOurCity 20,000 empty seats....................😂
it's only 2 -1? 60,000 empty seats it's only 6 - 1@@davidbrown6415
Oh yes mib, those brave lot attacking families at Wembley in 2011. Fuckin W⚓️s
The Jackson Five
nice racist comment that pal
@@mcfcmancHow's that racist 🙄 do you read comments with a box of tissues next to you sweetcheeks 😂😂😂😂
Musical Youth
A bit racist that😮