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best football firms of the 80's no doubt
by lad (no login)
no order.
ICF WEST HAM
LEEDS SERVICE CREW
CHELSEA HEADHUNTERS
MILLWALL BUSHWACKERS
CARDIFF SOUL CREW
POMPEY 6'57 CREW
1..west ham icf ...the rest in no order-chelsea/pompey/leeds/millwall/man utd/leeds/gooners-easily the best dressed..forget cardiff they were average until the 90s and the zulus always average.
ICF.....Stoke, Service Squad, Stockport (good squabble, that bunch)....I always had a bit of apprehension whenever I saw an "Under-5" ... sick little scoundrels!!!
you shiting cunts were the bottom of the list so crawl back to the wheatsheaf or whereever you are hiding these days and suck each other off. wankers!!!!
WHAT??????? are you taking the piss son you cunts have neva been top at anything in yer fuckin puffs not even when yez were in first division yous silly fucks got trampled so fuck off back to tyney and STAY THERE
wouldnt it be funny if none of u were 80's casuals, (i aint either b4 u say nethin im just researchin) its kinda sad either way coz either ur jus lying uve probably neva actually had it wit ne1, or if u guys actually are tht means ur all about 40 sumthin and ur still using forums like teenage geeks! just a thought.......
what are any of u for real? to venture an opinion upon this site without so much as a casual regard for the Halesowen and the H Outter city squadron is proof to your apathy to the true casual scene. Particularly when we done the zulus at the top of the mountain, you know by that Pylon, when our undoubted top boys Stanley Baker and Micheal Caine shouted "Wait until u see the whites of their eyes" to which Baker replied "Fuck it let's just do 'um otherwise we'll still be waiting until the net is invented'
Never heard so much bullshit since i was told 'Bob Marley' was born in Handsworth.
FUCKING DREAMER ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
As for viler steamer, absolutly drivel.
Not since the late 70's early 80's has your firm been able to handle the Zulu's nailed on fact, that your only good on the pitch, as for Off it? LMFAO.
10 to one , you utter prick , you can reverse that for a start..equal numbers you have never , and wont.. you obviouly forget 80 exeter ran several hundred of you all over stoke village and mutley, back in 80s , yes you have done the business over us since , when the numbers have been well in your favour.. but not recently , we may suprise you... do one you scum twat
seem to remember equal no,s at a pre season friendly(st james) many moons ago....plym ran sly crew from outside the ground right up the main drag.......get your facts right gentlemen please.
when iwas going away the best were always icf/zulus/chelsea/leeds/wolves .but had some memorable times at hartlepool in stand 1st game of season,exeter on pitch when destroyed goalposts & seating,bristol city always a good time,espec when wrecked turnstiles & police.also scunthorpe in stand,doncaster,stoke ,newcastle,etc,too many good times to mention
have you seen what he looks like lads a right puff faggot i met him in cardiff top lad my ass and his books are shit as fuck they like a kids book we went to football and had a fight, they are like peter and jane book for fuck sake
two cardiff had it with 15 of you tues nite after the sat game was potponed,on the high street outside feethams,it was early feb 1988,that goes down as my best memory of a ruck im not being disrespectful but it did happen,
all those games north were top times ,even halifax on ashitty fri night,top ruck in ground with all of 40 of us present.it took hours to get home from up north but that was part of fun,robbing services of crappy sandwhiches &porn
you lot could handle yourself, when we the BORO , were in Div 3, circa 1986, we had a bit of a party running round your town,the bank top 200 , were not really a force. but you weren't afraid!....some respect.
you lot could handle yourself, when we the BORO , were in Div 3, circa 1986, we had a bit of a party running round your town,the bank top 200 , were not really a force. but you weren't afraid!....some respect.
wot about us chester lads we ad sum propa ruks down mansfield remember da freight rover northern final think it woz 87 in da town outside and inside da ground fukin great days we both stood toe 2 toe not like 2day wiv da OB boxin it all off. 125 4 LYF!!!
learn to write you patheic Chester moron, everytime i've been to Chester it was a no show apart from the day outside the Northgate in March 2000, when we were outnumbered but still had you on the run.
These days i think hooliganism to be honest it just thick as fuck, you get nicked and you get banned, pass ports need to be handed in etc. We have enough problems in this country that need sorting out without battering eachother and getting either disabled, killed or locked up for fuck all. We need to unite together and clean up our country from all this imigration crap.
that list was not bad but a bit one sided have you been reading books again!!
the BORO were most feared thats no doult
brum had the zulus
also midland baby squad
notts forest {mancity} govnors!!
the ICF faded in mid eightys
chelsea always about somewere
what about sheff utd there will be red faced over that one.. they have a book out you know some say its a bible in sheffield maybe thats why there always singing..
later BORO f***ing frontline
id agree dat boro did av a good firm bk then but remember bout 8 years ago wen QPR played boro. boro brought 200+ lads and QPR only had 40 handed, 20 of which were apprentices. QPR had u kicked all over the place and more than a couple of boro's boys were knocked out on the deck. QPR had u done before ur boys got brave and realised how many lads QPR had. if wed of had bout 10 more faces QPR would of wiped the floor with you! regards
You say 20 boys done the 200+ BORO you are a total joke if your going to all this trouble to post something at least do a good job,
BORO turned you lot over at your place in 85.
later bigshot
My thoughts go out to you Mr blind man, obiviously the words of a person who has never bumped into the real firm of Zulu Warriors & Zulu Jnrs. It's fine, because we all know that Londoners have an over inflated opinion of there worth. For you information, the only firms who I can really say were hot to trot in the 80's were.
Zulu's In London Manchester Liverpool Leeds and Boro & Pomey any fucking where.
ICF
Bushwackers
Gooner's sometimes - But I do agree that they were the best dressers going.
Pompey 657
Main Line Service Crew
Inter City Jibbers
Head Hunters - If they could get there fat sweaty arses in gear.
Yids- sometimes
to mention that nite loads of you came running towards 8 of us and realised we werent goin nowhere then you stopped and started running away?? sorry i didnt mean to spoil your list,
ur full of shit remember rocky lane villa fucked u up good and proper and ur wanker of a so called leader will go on telly but wont show his face the wanker cos he will get kicked all over brum
oi you vila scum rocky lane sixty zulus and your shite so called crew like the eighties c crew army villa youth a bunch of wanna be brummies the geezer you mention is a legend if you know anything about the scene as you obviously don,t so fuck off you scum cunt
the 657 were the best and hardest fuckers around especialy in the year we reached division 1 and kicked some serious arse.
Gosport crew dressed well & never bottled it. Kevin was a good general.
The truth is Pompey have nearly always come unstuck against Southampton, including the last big meet when the 657 chant soon turned into panic and running away at the sight of the Saints' mob. Pompey fans have always been big talkers and hyped up their own grossly overrated rep earned in the 3rd and 4th divisions at places like Oxford and Cambridge.
anyone remember that swedge? it wis a fucker south london got totally smashed to fuckin bits those were the good old days when the mighty hibs ran supreme
now we all know that most clubs had good game firms...
can always remember good battles at places like coventry and boro who actually had good firms and stoke were always up for it but nobody seems to give these credit or a mention
leeds....top game firm..full respect....man utd....top game firm
but im fed up with all these fuckin icf u5s...yido and chelsea cunts from writing all this bullshit fiction....ill even include those fuckin millwall pikey wankers
some of the original gooners....herd.... declined writing books long before these wankers because we got more class and stories like that should stay firmly on sites like these
just to put everzbody right outside of london the herd were buy far the best.... smashed millwall twice home and away......done the icf....plaistow....although i have to say they did scatter us on more than one occasion so no fuckin lies from us....as for the sheenies...er yids...they were always late or just happen to be somewhere else...
know one of man utd ex top boys......says we were the only firm ever to come out of london with a good show.....oxford road...trafford park to name a few
so lets all stop the lies....if you were firm and around at that time then you know.........
Arsenal didnt av a fucking firm in the early 80,s u div lol every cunt took the piss in the north bank ie west ham chelsea & u didnt even show in bandit country u mugs, talk sense mate or fuck off eh!
fuck off you cunt.....you been reading to many books you mug.......west ham..chelsea..yids....last showing in north bank was 82 by west ham....you know nothing.....any proper person who was firm knows we were the fucking best in london.....cp..tt...and all these other mugs are a disgrace to the term football hooligan.
i was there.....were you....i doubt it you mug.....
Well i woz there but i dont fink u could av been son dont remember u ever bringing a decent firm to the bridge ya daft cunt, even when the black geezer woz ur top 'BOY' lol u were a joke mate only time u cum out on top woz at earls court one day when we got caught out by Mr M and his little firm, aint seen too many top firm lists wiv u wankers on it, az it appens aint seen any cum to fink of it lol
all you fuckin idiot cunts have done is live off this mith that you were top firm........our leader black geezer you say was well respected by every top firm......anyway although everyone thought he was top boy the legend that he was never claimed to be (RIP DC). But i do remember in a testamonial at your place we took the fuckin piss out a your lot in the shed....you never ever showed to any extent in north bank and when you did it werent much.......in fact youve never been much....just miths.....so fuck off you plasic northern cunt who probably started with chelsea about 5 years ago you fuckin twit.......comin to your place was always good because i dont fuckin lie and of course you did have some good top game boys but i rather stand with the herd eie than any other firm coz although we were sometimes outnumbered we would stand
middlesbrough
Leeds (only at trashin places apart)
Man Utd
Man City
Everton (cutters)
Liverpool
Birmingham
Spurs
Chelsea
West Ham (ICF is no.1)
Millwall
Pourtsmouth
Cardiff
newcastle gremlins were originally called nme in eighties one of the biggest feared club in eighties under 5s and bender squad marched mostly unchallenged through 80s
So wot fairy tale u get that from then? lol chelsea dun ya own boozer u prick & where were u at stamford bridge woz u 1 of that massive mob of 300 that stood on the north stand lol, geordies were a fucking joke in london mate so i dunno where u marched over every other cunt but it obviously wernt 2 far woz it silly boy lol wotz under 5s mean u didnt go further than 5 miles away lol
dnt u think the gooners were there. in my opinion they are the most underated firm in britain. no1 seems 2 fink they can have a tare up but they fuckin can especially in the 80's. the gooners were one of the best and gamest firms in britain in the 80's. They werent bully cunts either unlike them yidos.
you soft southern shandy swilling tossers , dont travel well! get a nose bleed , north of hertford! start whining for mummy,s comfort blanket! you lot don,t get in the ratings as far as northern boys go!!!!!
i lived next door to one of the man u front line football thugs of the 80s his name was norris faulkner. his football name was black sam the man u fan.he was a great man to know .quite a leggend in his day. he was written about in the book amongst the thugs. he sadly passed away on the 11th june 2007.now rip at putney vale cemetery.when he was yonger he was friends with frank bruno,and played football with bob marley.god rest his soul . he is very missed.
you see your that are the new race of englih hooligans are what i would call fairies.You have been changed to become this multi racial type of white man, the leeds firm is not as yet the hardest out there butit is by far one of them. In the with names i can not mention we were the hardest then like you we got infiltrated by this new heartless new breed of hooligans. We soon focused there attention onto other firms and not there own we needed organisation and now we are nearly at the number one spot.
If you wish to chelp back at this message my email is above and please dont hesitate but understand we don't take nicely to little sooutherners who call us sheep shaggers from yorkshire even scousers are at the moment hold in higher regard than you.
The dingles in the early 80's was a decent firm that had some respect, especially the bag man cheeky little fucker. the world was then taken over with the love drug and after that the firm's faces changed considerably.
We had 1 may be 2 decent off's with them and turned them over yet again, mosley rd for one, but as for a major firm????? Don't make us laugh for fuck sake, FORGET IT.
Fatty who you call top boy the one that had the fucking cheek to write a comic ,not worth it's place amoungst the football hooligan litrature, is nout but a raving grass, nailed on fact's, and as for balls taking it to firms that have some respect? forget that one too.
On their day the Leeds Service Crew were the best along with the ICF.I travelled to many many away games in the 80's following Leeds.The Service crew were fuckin psychos
leeds cum well unstuck at ayresome park although they dont like to admit it, fucking hammered em on Linthorpe Rd! after they legged it up Kensington Road and straight into the main mob they got battered before avin it on their toes across Albert Park
I AGREE WITH THIS GUY NO CUNT CAN FUCKING BEAT US WERE THE FUCKING BEST HEARTS CELTIC RANGERS AND ALL THE FUCKING OTHERS TEAMS IN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND THE CCS ARE COMING BACK AND WE WILL BE GOING EVERY WHERE FOR A FIGHT SO WATCH YOUR SELF
For various reasons.
Aberdeen were the top mob overall in Scotland
1. Aberdeen started it up there in 1980, Hibs didn't really start getting it together until 84 at best.
2. Mid 80's when everyone was at a peak Aberdeen were untouchable. Took 350+ to Hibs and could get up to 1000 at home v Old firm.
3. Late 80's early 90's Hibs had a great firm but at best had it 50/50 with aberdeen but that was usually in Edinburgh. Hibs never fancied the trip to Aberdeen so much. 70 or so was the most they ever brought. That being said the CCS pissed all over central Scotland.
4. Longevity and consistency. Aberdeen can still pull mobs when the time comes. 100 to Hibs and no show by them 180 at Berlin and 100 to Bradford. They even took 60 down to London for a Spurs Chelsea game.
Much respect for Hibs and am sure they will have their own side of the story. We all have : )
Got to agree, was involved back in the day, hibs had an amazing crew - very game indeed. Aberdeen always gave us a run for our money - enough respect to them
yup i was there too from the baby crew to the main mob we done every one and we keep it real, as do aberdeen sometimes apart from when jay allan wrote his favourite fantasies (bloody casuals)so zigga zagga to the top mob in scotland - Capital City Service -
id agree with all of them but you cannot leave out QPR, even tho they mite not have the best of firms nowadays they were surely one of the best around in the 80's. respect and regards.
U VILLA TWAT ,U EVEN GOT DONE BY ARSENAL !! ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING WILL REMEMBER QPR ,,US SOUTHERN BOYS RULED THE 80,S ,,QPR CHELSEA MILLWALL PORTSMOUTH BRENTFORD .......
40 OF US WOULD GO UP AGAINST 100 OF U NORTHERN FUCKING DUMMIES ANYTIME ......
GERMANY 2006 ..US AGAINST THE WORLD
remember u wankers at villa park attacking the women and kids at the north stand when the boys from the holte turned up u wankers run like fuck southern cunts we kicked the shit out of u
Zulus well overated-they were turned over on their own patch many a time.80'S most of the teams mentioned spent many a year in the then 2nd div.and missed each other etc.Boro wernt realy that active in the 80's and I'd put Newcastle ahead of them around that time.Utd. you have to include for sheer weight of numbers,West Ham arguably(by some) no. 1 without doubt,Chelsea most overated, even more than Brum!!-not all that at places that mattered but sneak in anyway for their cheek!!Leeds always about,Stoke ???,Cardiff not so good back then,Forest more 70's I think,Spurs always consistant and always up there-one of the best,Portsmouth had their days but not around for that long,Man.city o.k,Plymouth also had their days along with many others.So re-cap-West Ham,Spurs,Millwall,Leeds,Man.Utd.,Newcastle.
oi yo saft lot lets all pull together and exterminate
all those tossers from chealski man f....ing utd not each other
in case you're wondering i'm an ex pat smethwick lad living in new zealand
down in christchurch and 2 years ago i came back to the brum and met
fans from villa and birmingham city nicest bunch of blokes i'd met
had a few laughs told em i was a baggies fan they said would say that too loud round here mate!!!!!!
funny that you never ever done are firm,been going down 40 years,done the greek fella in the bogs ,he aint no fighter,just a loon.call the steamers a firm ,bunch ov jokers.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE FORGET THE A.S.C WHO WERE NO DOUBT THE TOP LADS OF THE 80'S BARR NONE, THEY BATTERED CREWS THE THE LENTH & BREDTH OF THE UK, JUST ASK THE GOONERS, HIBS, HUNS LEICSTER I COULD ON!!!!!!
West Ham
Chelsea
Millwall
Boro
Leeds
Pompey
Stoke
Birmingham
Man City
Man Utd
Everton
Spurs
Arsenal
Newcastle
Cardiff
Lincoln (small but game as fcuk)
Wolves
in the eighties rose the most multicultural firm ever to enter the arena off football hooligans.form a small crew with no leader from different parts
of brum came the zulus previoulsy the apex.
threw in fighting from various areas of birmnigham came unity from boys from acocks green small heath boardsley green chelmsly wood and loads of other areas and they united in becoming a legend in brum the leadrers cuddles wally fat errol morph game geezers like bella from the richmond way stood a firm who no longer were off on there toes when the villa showed up as before when black danny tryed to bring it upon us,running pompey away when we beat them three nil with a david geddes hatrick and noel blake then pompey saluted by the zulus in the seats to the left of us.
always caning old bill taking the piss out off cockneys as they say on there own manner i was just a boy who left brum to marry and havethe welsh take the piss out of the zulus singing weres your zulus gone we ere banned you sheep shagging fools.this year we made a show with you in your manor twenty years on threw the seats were was you oh of course we turned up late for the meet that old chestnut.back in the day we were a frim in the top flight but nevr got complete recgogition because of the mainly right wing firms which were most apparent in his era so we would,nt get the credit we deserved would we.leeds 84 awsesome power zulus ran amok west ham came and tried 3 nil fa cup quarter final big up to hoppy and blake the players who were zulus to also not to forget mr howard gayle a class act and nec with the to previous menthioned atari six aside slapped the security guards to lots more memories but not much time my only regret i did,nt stay around longer but if i did maye big bird and thingd long live the boys the firm and bcfc as we sang to everton when we went down 4 nil birmingham is black and white long life the blues
Im a Leicester Lad and I totally agree with you. The Zulus were the lick and I cant think of many firms that did ya (maybe Man U?). You were the best big up one eye Barrington!!
find that in the shitty book fuck face i know i was there so i don,t need your approval so your villa never had a firm never willnow fuck off you dick.sotv
yeah fuck face born dudley road hospital brought up acocks green 7 hindon grove you mug villa cunt my school hearffield cresent now nine stiles my form teacher was mrs robinson later became mrs powell do i need to go on and justify myself to a villa cunt oh and steven hopkins roberts brother was in lakey lane juniors with me now fuck off.
EVERTON THANK YOU,AS BEING AN OLD BOY, I TOTALY AGREE WITH UNDER RATED,NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH THE BIGGER CLUBS.CUP GAMES AND THE OFF NOW AND THEN IN THE SERVICES.AND YES WE DID GET TURNED OVER BY 'THE BLADES' BUT WHO HASN'T BEEN TURNED OVER.REMEMBER A FEW RUN INS WITH EVERTON.SEVICES,FA CUP TWICE AT HOME.THEM GOOD OLD DAYS BETTER THEN ANY DRUG ON THE MARKET...
I think your list of best 80s firms is about right but i dont think cardiff were that special in the 80s, to be honest dont think they would have cut it back then.
damn good mob now though its got to be said,they seem to have the numbers thats for sure.
big d leicester city baby squad
CARDIFF NOTHING..... MAY I REMIND.
YOUR CITY 1991 FA CUP CLASH...IF IT WASN'T FOR TERRY WAITE'S RELEASE THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, ALL THE PAPERS EVEN FOX NEWS' BILL O'REILLY WOULD HAVE DEICATED A WHOLE SHOW TO CARDIFF'S COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF YOUR ' PRETTY SHITTY CITY'. TALK ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BERLIN, WE TOOK YOUR TOWN WITH MORE FORCE THAT CHUKOV'S RED ARMY TOOK BERLIN AND THE THIRD REICH BY MAY 8TH 45. PS DO YOU STILL HOLD SAD OUTDATED RIGHT WING VIEWS AND FLY THE UNION JACK BECAUSE YOUR TOO SCARED TO FOLLOW WALES...SORRY ABOUT THAT IT'S JUST THOSE DAMN CARDIFF FANS MAKING SURE YOUR TOTALLY UNWELCOME.
BYE JACK.
MILLWALL!!!!! In my day you made your name by what you did AWAY from home, when have Millwall done anything norf of Luton? They've NEVER showed at Boro but are welcome to try their luck ANYTIME!
P.S.
Same goes for Portsmouth!!
not a truer word said fella boro were the muts nuts ask leeds villa man u and city chelsea the yids cardiff arsenal derby stoke leicester west ham portsmouth THE LIST GOES ON
remember 300 leeds coming up for the friendly 3 year back you should do we took edinburgh. or as one of your lads said up at easter road we just cant handle you ! dont be ashamed weve done that to every firm in england at some point or other. lusc no1 when it mattered.
we had one of the top firms in the 80s aswekk no doubt we was allways up for it and we use to take number to upton park and overturn them in no time so dnt give me tht shit they we aint
the only thing the yids did at west hsm ,was run like bloody hell.thay always had fast trainers,called it on sunday, called it off too many numbers.bottled it i would say.he he
dont know where you got your info from but i was there at 10am at witherspoons in roman road while you mugs were plotted up at the vic in plaistow (how original - meet in your main boozer) anyway got the call you were coming over - but guess what - you never showed ! we then called you & said we will go to you, got within sight of bow road station & were spotted by ob who then followed us onto the train, we tried getting off at plaistow to get to you & tried smashing through the ob who would not let us out the more ob with batons arrived & we had no choice but to get back on, a good 120 of us arrived at upton park station with about 200 danny dyers behind the ob making out they wanted to know but with the ob there nothing was ever going to happen, we then got marched around the back streets to the ground & in.
Got another call at half time that you would meet us at leytonstone which we agreed, now leytonstone was where we met you a couple of years ago & you turned up in vans & motors tooled up but we stood & smashed west ham that day (ask any of your boys who were there - although its not mentioned much by you lot) got out at mile end & had another call from your lot & said the meet at leytonstone was off as there are a lot of CCTV cameras there, we then plotted up in mulligans next to mile end station & told you lot to come to us, we waited & waited, then one of your boys appeared (the hammer we had been talking to all day C----)he said there were not enough of them & he was calling it off, we walked up to where william hill is on the corner of mile end & down the side street outside the boozer were half a dozen west ham, a few of ours called it a day then a little later another mob of west hame came out of mile end station & had it toe to toe with the spurs that were left at mulligans, went on for a good 10 mins with honours even until police back up came & that was it !
if you honestly know any of your top boys who were in the vic they will tell you these are the facts, the yids had around 120 good boys out who would not have run regardless who they bumped into & were up for it all day !
please stop bigging up the spammersw as if they are still the force they once were because they are not, as napoli found that out too !
History reveals that all the firms of the seventies and eighties, with a few exceptions, were top firms, well organized with large game numbers. The real movie capturing this period in history, and portraying the youth culture revolution of that period has yet to be made. Steve Jones get Hollywood onto it. A movie capturing that "buzz" and correctly documenting real events think Saving Private Ryan, would be classic great multi million/billion hit. SOMEONE DO JUSTICE TO HISTORY AND GO FOR IT.
Jaggs.
History reveals that all the firms of the seventies and eighties, with a few exceptions, were top firms, well organized with large game numbers. The real movie capturing this period in history, and portraying the youth culture revolution of that period has yet to be made. Steve Jones get Hollywood onto it. A movie capturing that "buzz" and correctly documenting real events think Saving Private Ryan, would be classic great multi million/billion hit. SOMEONE DO JUSTICE TO HISTORY AND GO FOR IT.
Jaggs.
History reveals that all the firms of the seventies and eighties, with a few exceptions, were top firms, well organized with large game numbers. The real movie capturing this period in history, and portraying the youth culture revolution of that period has yet to be made. Steve Jones get Hollywood onto it. A movie capturing that "buzz" and correctly documenting real events think Saving Private Ryan, would be classic great multi million/billion hit. SOMEONE DO JUSTICE TO HISTORY AND GO FOR IT.
Jaggs.
I don't know how many of you lads were actually around in the 80s, and how many of you have just read the books. No offence to any proper lads from back then, but anyone who knows anything about the 80s will have Newcastle right up there with the very best. Started to go tits up for us about 88, or maybe a wee bit earlier. The best opposition to come to Newcastle back then were the ICF, Chelsea, and my own personal favs Man City. Didn't like Chelsea because they were always tooled up, and that just wasn't done in Newcastle. Other good mobs to pay us a visit were Pompey (probably the best off in Newcastle all through the 80s) they were game as fuck, 300+ in our city centre looking for it (and finding it) They reckon we done them, but I was there and I'll give them the draw. We travelled everywhere in good numbers and took it to anyone who wanted it. We came unstuck now and then, everyone did, but we always went back for more. Newcastle is a safe place to visit now, pretty much everywhere is. But ask the lads who wee involved back then what they thought of us. I'd say top three easily along witht he ones I've mentioned. Boro hardly bothered with us, and still don't for some reason. Although I know they are a top mob when they want to be.
Cant believe the shite writen in this thread,it's easy to see
that there is only 3 or 4 lads on hear who were around in the 80's
the rest ov you's have been reading to many books Newcastle were right up there with the best in the 70's early 80's the older icf,bushwackers,headhunters will tell you that,a famous icf lad once said the problem with newcastle is they like there drink to much other wise they would be challenging for top spot,yet they still had us in there top 3 mobs.
I remember the portsmouth incident very well,they arrived early doors about 10 in the morning and trashed the adelaide they were still going for it at 9 o'clock the same night they pushed us very close,millwall made a show in 84/85 and we came unstuck on our own patch,but we returned the favour at the den and come out on top,not many firms can claim there scalp,Man utd always made a show and still do fair game to them always had big numbers.
millwall
west ham
chelsea
newcastle
man utd
portsmouth
birmingham(zulus)
leeds
you were garanteed these firms would turn up looking for it HOME AND AWAY!!!
you say boro never showed you cant have been looking hard enough fella we showed every time YOU DIDNT statements like this just make people think you were never there in the eighties FRONLINE RESPECTED EVERYWERE (except newcastle obviously) so stop talking bullshit and do your homework
how about the JACK ARMY?
we where all over everyone in the eighties, including CARDIFF!
we where always on top form, such as when man u came to the vetch, they had a good couple of hundred lads running, but when the turned the corner, there we were!
Well lads just wanted to add what about the RED ARMY OF THE MIGHTY MANCHESTER UNITED,I thought they would be in with a shout,come on they must be up there.
Be friendly, have a drink, show the taxi rank, then have your mate run the tosser over with his car, no problem, easy. Don't make a lot of show with all that wank throwing your arms around shouting 'ingerland', just smile, later you can poke the clown's eye out with a pencil, easy peasy. Put mercury in the wan*ers drink, just right. Shoutings O.K., but if you want to do them right use your head. That's what being a proper hooligan is all about, you either want them in casuality or you don't. Let's get on with it!
things have changed a lot in the pecking order since the 80's the 90's were different and no doubt the current climate is different again, but i am not involved now. In my view the 80's were all about mob size and it was not until the 90's and later that it became more organised although even in the 80's some were more organised than others, granted. A lot of the so called top firms of the time were in a period of going up and down so it is difficult to compare the likes of MUFC with millwall who were in differnt leagues.
This said I was around and active in the 80's soon to grow out of the scene in the early 90's due to having a kid and the rest. In my opinion there was probably more than 5 mobs that deserve a mention in the 80's and these are in no particular order other than WHUFC and Chelsea whom I cant Differentiate. In my opinion thrse two are level, WHUFC were probably closer to each other and a real nasty bunch but Chelsea had bigger numbers and were equally violent but not as well organised.
AS for the rest I would suggest Man Utd, for there numbers but I never had the pleasure of meeting them due to us bein in a lower division in my younger years. Millwall it goes without saying. Leeds in my opinion were similar to us due to having large numbers and being a wrecking squad but also a large hard core of nasty bastards. Arsenal always seemed game but I can't truly say they were the best but always seemed to be close. Portsmouth at the time were always game as fuck even though they didnt have the biggest following and from memory they gave us one of the toughest encounters we ever encountered in Newcastle in our promotion season in 84. Finally I have to mention Newcastle. We travelled everywere in large numbers, in my opinion the largest in the country except Man Utd. But at the time we also had a hardcore of hard bastards that could more than hold there own and some real game boys.
However, going into the 90's, and to keep the record straight, most of the above fell aparts and in my opinion the folowing took over Spurs, Boro, Stoke, Zulus and Cardiff. Man Utd still had the numbers but seemed to die off a bit!
But back to the question I think during the 80's the teams I mentioned were pretty close and on their day each one could have done the other. On another day it could have went the other way. As a final note though I remeber when Chelsea played at Sunderland in the semi final of the then Milk Cup, I went to watch the game out of interst and have to say they fucking murdered them. I have to say it was the best turn out I ever saw. I am sure Millwal at Luton was jsut as impressive but I only saw it on the telly.
no 1 takes the pompey.pride of the south.no 1 firm of the 80s.we took it to everyone, wall, cardiff, brum, leeds, newcastle the skanky cunts(never had a clue).lincoln were a good little game mob.yids always got smashed. best mob ever.we were always there gave it to everyone.pompey 6.57. no.1 !!!!!
the best firm to ever come down to pompey for me was allways millwall.they would allways turn up in huge numbers and they had some nasty looking chaps.dont think there very active lately.at the moment the top firm about for me would be the yids...very active
can you remember sunderland? there end about 250 of us massive kick off,it was on the news,i want that video coz i fuckin stared in it,anybody know where i can get it from?
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