Ive only 2 teams I can honestly say I hate, 1: Celtic. Baby Squad; Lokasi ditemukan: Leicester: Tahun aktif: 1981-sekarang: Teritori: Leicester: Keanggotaan: 90-110: Aktivitas kriminal: Hooliganisme sepak bola: Baby Squad adalah firma hooligan sepak bola yang dikaitkan dengan klub sepak bola Inggris, Leicester City. (click pic for link). With all that being said, football.london takes a look at the full squad the north Londoners are expected to name for the trip to Leicester. With all the street fights and police face-offs, the Baby Squad of Leicester crossed racial divides and created an unexpected utopia in a changing city. My Dad was a colourful character, I was a 'ghetto princess', the Head of the Baby Squad - knew my roots. RIAZ KHAN was once a feared man on the terraces as a member of Leicester City's football hooligan firm, the Baby Squad. Sykes999, 28 October 2013 in Leicester City Forum. "You've got Muslim extremists and far-right extremists, so when I come into a classroom people see me, see my big beard, and wonder what my story's going to be. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Baby & Kids Stuff 23 Other Goods 21 Clothes, Footwear & Accessories 6 Music, Films, Books & Games 5 . The Baby Squad is a football hooligan firm linked to the English Premier League team, Leicester City. "Nowadays it's much more controlled. But its a dubious distinction. By He was one of the first Asian hooligans to join Leicester Citys Baby Squad, so called because they looked so young. Stone Island coat on when I get a glimpse of around 10 lads directly over the road all smartly dressed in gear. "I was bored for eight months, reading books and doing a bit of weight-training," he said. says Riaz Khan, a 50-year-old ex-member who's written a memoir about his time in the gang. It opened the door for Khan to become a lecturer at De Montfort University - a job he's held for the past eight years. Leicester will miss key playmaker James Maddison due to a knee problem. Written by on 27 febrero, 2023. About 20 of us (Leicester) flew to Berlin, had a night there then boarded the 10 hours+ train journey to the Polish mining town Katowice. Something went wrong, please try again later. There are CCTV cameras everywhere and banning orders on people who've been involved in anything dodgy. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. nope, i know some of the old members and although some still occasionally go 90% are banned or are in prison. not that these new electronic barriers makes it hard for them to get in. Millwall. I campaign against all hate. In the book, Khan interviews numerous characters about the old days, but the play is a two-hander. Alison Gurden, defending, said it was impossible to be certain using the A4 map that her client was inside the restricted area. (Both been bossing the hooligan scene for years) and Derby (Due to my personal experiences) Man Utd (Sheer numbers) Birmingham City (Always come to ours and been consistently up there for years). We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. But when you look back, you think to yourself, 'did I really do that?'". You make life long family friends within the scene. Derby were heading over by coach. (in) dbo:wikiPageID: 16998180 (xsd:integer) dbo:wikiPageLength: 3186 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) dbo:wikiPageRevisionID: 1017219995 . "Hopefully, the message is you can be British, respect one another and I hope people see it and think, 'what a change I made - from that to this.'. "And that meant, you had to be exactly the same as other people to be accepted.". You became more confident. Khan has a gentle face and a lovely warm smile. The old bill knicked and deported 52 of us the following day, no food or water in the cells and a good few bruises lol. Kami memiliki beberapa geng berbeda yang dimasukkan ke dalam Baby Squad. by Sophie Brown April 30, 2016, 5:00pm. It all spilled out into the streets and the police just couldn't control it. "This was their strongholdlike the Snooty Fox was to us in Leicester. He revealed: "I saw the rise of EDL on the terraces and saw them recruiting football casuals at football grounds. The 24-year-old was detained in Hinckley Road and police found him with sand-filled martial arts fighting gloves. Khan's colourful life has now been turned into a play, that he hopes will go national. John O'Sullivan. He did it as a response to the English Defence League's (a far-right, Islamophobic organisation) recruitment of football casuals around the country. There was also a horrific incident in a pub on the south coast of England that shocked Khan into the knowledge that he had to find a different path. Make love, not war. From 12.63 per month*. And lastly, tell us what you enjoyed about being a football casual? The club, some of their players, their Green Brigade pro-IRA loving fanbase. View Wolves Squad Numbers during their Premier League era: 2000-04, 2009-10 to 20011-12, 2018-19 to Wolves Squad Numbers 2022-23. As a young man, you have so much testosterone, so many hormone changes. The banning order had been issued by Coventry Crown Court in December 2008, when the defendant was handed a 12-month prison term for violent disorder as one of 20 Leicester hooligans sentenced for their part in an organised fight in Coventry. Do they worry that Memoirs glamorises the life of a football hooligan? "You have to have that inner strength to detach yourself from it.". I was able to quickly escape most times.". At the end of the game, she'd collect jewelry and money from the lads before it could get lost in the inevitable post-match brawl. The defendant said he had applied to the UK Football Policing Unit for it to be lifted early and a hearing was set for May 22, last year just weeks after his arrest. What clobber do you wear down the match? I went to Bournemouth in the late 80s. He was handed a three-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay 230 costs and a 20 victim surcharge. The local police were in the full RoboCop gear. I think every lad worth his salt from England made this trip. Donations can be dropped to Kirby Muxloe . Back then, racists didnt concern themselves with the details. What was your first memory of trouble at a football match? And a couple of years ago he witnessed the most unlikely event in English football history when his team won the Premier League. I ask why he wrote Memoirs of An Asian Casual. 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Forum Member . We have four drop off points at volunteers houses. Inside the stadium, we fought running battles with the Italian old bill, they like the Spanish and Belgian police are fuckin vile! "I could see that element growing, so I thought I needed to do something about it. Khan insists there was a code of honour among the serious football hooligans: they only fought among themselves. Other members speak from that oddly utopian perspective in other ways. "I regret doing that because I went to prison for eight months.". He said Anstiss, who was known to police as a member of a hooligan firm following Leicester City who call themselves the Baby Squad, was seen standing in the corner of the outside smoking area of the pub and arrested. At the age of 23, Khan walked away from the Baby Squad. It translates Footballs Army in Danish. Were not judging it or glorifying it in any way, shape or form., But Khan is not so sure. The assault of a pub landlord in Blackpool in February 2013. Most of us lads have a code. Rome 97. Since then I was hooked on the scene. The first took place in October 2021, when in his . Scroll the table to view all of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Latest on Leicester City midfielder Nampalys Mendy including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Riaz Khan was once a feared man on the terraces, Aged 17, Khan joined Leicester City's Baby Squad, Torn between cultures, Khan joined the firm for acceptance in society, The Baby Squad accepted members from all backgrounds, Today, Riaz Khan is an author and lecturer, He's also an anti-violence advocate, going into schools to give talks to kids, As an angry teen, Khan chose a life of violence to escape from what was expected of an Asian kid at the time, Joining the Baby Squad was his best way of curbing boredom, But he soon found himself behind bars aged just 18, Football hooliganism was rife in Britian in the 1980s, Scores of British youths weren't afraid to get involved in fights on the terraces or around the grounds, Inside Russias football hooligan factories where thugs batter each other at training camps before taking on the likes of Arsenal and England fans, Khan regrets the eight months he spent in prison, Despite doing time at an Exeter prison, Khan couldn't give up the buzz of fighting, Now 52, Khan is a lecturer at De Montfort University, The rave sub-culture that swept through Britain in the 1980s was one of the reasons Khan turned his back on the Baby Squad, A nasty incident in Bournemouth also forced Khan into changing his ways, Khan wrote the book, Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual, And Riaz's book has now become a play of the same name, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and South Asian Studies. France 98: Few of us decided to take the ferry over to Ostend Belgium rather than head straight to France to avoid police attention. Villa always came, had good rows with them home and away. Taking the stand in his defence, the unemployed father-of-three denied being a member of the Baby Squad and said he never received a more detailed, A3 colour map outlining the exclusion area which police said they sent as a reminder in 2014. "Our gang was called the Young Trendy squad, under the Baby Squad. No other brand comes close. We began by asking how he got involved with the Baby Squad. "They picked on us because they didn't like the multi-racial element of our gang. Mr Gahir said the defendant was issued with a black and white A4 map on his release which clearly marked out the exclusion zone. Or Spurs had turned up. The main characters are Riaz and Yusuf, but the actors playing them seamlessly morph into police officers, National Front members, rival gang members, prison officers and family members. Hi Tony, How did you get into football and when? By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. We had a big row a few years back and some of our lads and theirs got bird. It bars the 31-year-old from going within two miles of a match involving Leicester City - an area specified on a map - four hours either side of a game, and means he must surrender his passport. Last game of the season 95/6 season Chelsea landed late at ours we clashed off Dover Street near the train station. I remember us all heading out the day before the game there was pockets of Poles everywhere trying to fight us. Posted in . Photograph: Anna Gordon/The Guardian Theatre Interview Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual:. You could hear all the sirens going off," and he pauses. And not the first time either. There are idiots out there that cause trouble. As they got closer we realized it aint Leicester we could hear em shouting Come on lets do it with Geordie accents, it was Newcastle whod been to West Ham! Arteta has inspired Arsenal to one of their best seasons in . Smith has been left out of a 26-man training squad for this week's camp in Brighton having begun the Six Nations as starting outhalf before spending rounds two and three on the bench. Finnegan Other Barry Forum Supporter 57,649 Location: Angryland Posted 29 October 2013 Define "monstrous size." Chelsea 89, they brought 10000 + to Filbert Street same day as Hillsborough. Bang out of order. In October last year he was one of 65 fans removed from a plane at Doncasters Robin Hood Airport, bound for Latvia ahead of Englands European Championship qualifier against Estonia, at the request of its cabin crew. Mr Williams told the hearing that OReilly claimed they were motorbike gloves, but admitted their true purpose after it was found he did not own a motorbike. "That sub-culture broke down racial barriers and united everyone.". What makes his memoir which has just been turned into a play so gripping is its ambivalence. The temptation of Leicester Citys Champions League quarter-final festivities in the city centre proved too much for a convicted hooligan found guilty of breaching a football banning order. They are intended to protect the hands, and make for a much heavier punch. The football club got tougher on violence within the stadium after local papers reported that "violent fans could kill off local soccer.". As his life story hits the stage, Riaz Khan reveals how, in 1980s Britain, football violence was very multicultural. For all that Khan condemns football violence today, you sense he still looks back with affection. Thanks. But there is no feeling like what we we went through. It wasnt so much the violence that attracted Riaz Khan to football hooliganism as the clothes. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. His extraordinary life has been turned into a play, while talks about a potential movie are in the pipeline. Explaining his reasons for joining the Baby Squad, Khan puts it down to teenage kicks and escaping from reality. The play has been skilfully adapted. To be fair there werent many foreign firms dare travel to England. His football banning order remains in place and will run until the end of next year. However a special mention to Derby, Villa, Sheff Wednesday, Wolves. Riaz Khan, of Leicester City's Baby Squad, gained an MA in English Language and teaches at college Credit: Exclusivepix Media His new work explores football hooliganism through petrifying. "I was the only ethnic minority in the whole of prison," he remembered. Their era is over, and a new gang, the Young Baby Squad, are trying their luck at filling their shoesbut not very successfully. PC Stevens recalls when one young Leicester fan at a game against Chelsea was causing a scene, he had to deal with him, only for the Baby Squad to intervene. He pleaded guilty to the offence at an earlier court appearance. . Loved England home and away. Birmingham Zulu Warriors. "And that's what I teach the kids. "As a teenager I think you go through temporary insanity. And the funny thing about it was we were dancing with lads from Coventry City, who we hated before that. And I thought, Oh my God. I could see him being loud and lairy in the street. County Road Cutters. But I wasnt a bully. Proper ran us! Rather than get annoyed by the lack of punctuation/full stops I like to imagine you are actually saying this in one single breath. He told us: "I go to schools to give talks to young kids about gang violence and extremism. It covers my past, my casual era up to the point where I changed my life around in roughly two hours. Referensi Bacaan lanjut. In the early 1980s, Khan became a casual a new breed of thug that took pride in wearing the latest designer gear. Leicester is unique. Anything from Ska/2 Tone to punk/Oi through to the Stone Roses/Oasis. A submission by Leicester Police revealed him to be an active member of a group calling itself The Young Baby Squad, a modern-day version of the notorious Leicester City hooligan firm The Baby Squad from the 1980s. I had a Stanley knife on me and I slashed somebody. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Main rivals I would say are Coventry City, certainly works for most of the lads anyway. The whole point was to beat them up, with fists, feet and knives. You dont win um all trust me, although some of the books written would suggest otherwise. Weight: 5.5 kg. Stone Island, CP Company my favourites, Armani jeans. Enoch Powells rivers of blood speech was still reverberating, black footballers had bananas chucked at them, the National Front was on the rise and Margaret Thatcher had warned that Britain could be swamped by people with a different culture. [4], The week before the incident with Coventry fans, 13 men were arrested after clashes between fans from Leicester and Norwich in which some men sustained minor injuries.[5]. He said: "When I was at school as a young kid I was torn between cultures. When they noticed us it was carnage. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. It was just a casuals thing., Being a member of the Baby Squad changed him. It went off everywhere. Referensi ^ "Hooligans troublespots - Leicester City". We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Something went wrong, please try again later. So it gives them hope, yeah.. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The day of the game we all set off in one almighty huge mob. But now I think to myself, Its mindless. What does he miss the most? He dressed smart, carried a knife and wound up in jail. I missed it. The poles were still trying their best but were no match for us. (click pic for link) Lifelong Leicester fan and drummer from B Squadron joined us at Awayday Radio for a chat about the casual scene. I was always looking for the away fans. Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual opens September 26 at Leicester's Curve theatre and runs till the October 6. My religion taught me that violence is not the way. "When you're a teenager you go through hormonal changes," he said. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. The Soul Crew were one of the UK's most active football firms from its formation in 1983 until the early 2010s. And I said to my mates, This aint us. We just walked away. Ive gained loads of good friends from clubs all over Great Britain. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. The in-form forward sparked fears he would miss the . Mainly the Polish firms having it with each other!! Changing your baby is something you'll end up doing a lot and it's important to have somewhere safe, comfortable and practical to put your little one. Khan distinguishes between the knives that are used as weapons today and the Stanley knives they carried. Arsenal return to Premier League action on Wednesday night with the chance to pull five points clear of closest challengers Manchester City, while Manchester United face West Ham in the FA Cup Nothing to see here. Here are all the related posts to football hooligan firms. [2] In August 2000, Leicester were listed as the 7th most violent football club in England and Wales. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. We became more English. Loved it. Leicester City were like, flipping heck, they were terrible, he says. Same with Forest. He must also surrender his passport whenever England play abroad. Unless youve been through it, you cant really describe it., A complex series of events led to Khan walking away from hooliganism, initiated by the emergence of acid house and the rise of ecstasy. My first real memory that stuck in my mind was 1985/86 season Ron Atkinsons mighty Red Devils were in town (Leicester) I was 16/17 years old at the time, There was a massive buzz around that day, Utd and Liverpool were the big biggest clubs in English football and both teams took huge followings around the country and today were playing host to Utds Red army! Cardiff City Soul Crew. Born to Afghani-Pakistani parents, he chose a life of violence as a. "I was in Torquay and there were these guys that were much older who started on us. Khan was a skinny, shy boy who did not like to stand out from the crowd; in school and on the streets, he would be called Paki or simply wog. A lot of other mobs wouldve folded due to our sheer numbers. Run time: 60 minutes. Riaz Khan, an early Baby Squad member, as a youngster. Yeah, I do miss it. It comes after magistrates heard how the 24-year-old had been linked to incidents including being removed from a plane bound for Latvia before a European Championship qualifier, an assault on a pub landlord and the possession of a smoke grenade. Nevada consists of. We came out of the boozer because we heard theyd got off their train from Loughborough (12 miles north of Leicester) ran straight into the Headhunters. "It was a difficult upbringing for an Asian kid being in a school with 2,000 white children, in a time where there was a racist culture. Other firms envied their cool. [2] In August 2000, Leicester were listed as the 7th most violent football club in England and Wales. The baby gang?'" One of the youths in the group was found to have a smoke grenade and Class A drugs. We booked in this huge hotel, it was full of England lads, Chelsea, Shrewsbury, West Ham, Huddersfield, Derby everyone was here on show. "A big mob of us went up on the train early in the morning for the 3 PM kick off in October 1982," says Paul Allan*, who counts himself among the Leicester Baby Squad founders. [1], The Baby Squad have had a number of fights with the Chelsea Headhunters who follow Chelsea. Proud Sponsors of The Terrace Casuals Interviews. The shy son of Afghani-Pakistani parents living in the Midlands, Khan's career in the football . Hi Tony, How did you get into football and when? One dark memory for me was derby away mid 90s on a Sunday, we took a coach just one way, landed in Derby town centre and got a fuckin good hiding to be honest! He and his gang were out to hurt people. I want to educate the knuckle-draggers Riaz Khan, former member of the Baby Squad, whose story is being staged at the Curve in Leicester. [3] In November 2001, the Baby Squad were ambushed by hooligans from Luton Town, called the MiGs, at Leicester railway station before police split up the two groups. "A fight started and we tried to escape by leaving the club. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. "I also want kids to learn something from it and that violence is not the way forward. Nicholls, Andy (2005). The camaraderie, dressing up on Saturday. Baby Squad; Founding location: Leicester: Years active: 1981-present: Territory: Leicester area: Ethnicity: Mostly White British: Membership (est.) Our main rivals are Coventry, Derby, Nottingham Forest, Villa and Chelsea. mitchell fletcher baby squad. Riaz Khan, second from the right, with friendsnot necessarily members of the Squad. They done my nose after England v Poland in Kevin Keegans last game and my ribs in the Rocket pub at their place on an Easter Monday game. Imagine leather motorbike gloves, but with sand sown into the area covering the knuckles. It was just an extension of their sense of style, another way of looking good. 50 of their main frontline are as good as any in the country in my opinion. players, past and present Squad Numbers. TONY HARRISON - LEICESTER - BABY SQUAD In this weeks instalment of our Awayday Casuals series, we spoke with Tony Harrison from Leicester City's Baby Squad. "There's a lot of hate in the world at the moment. I cant let that happen all over again. I wrote the book to educate the knuckle-draggers, to say, I was like you but you can change.. Wish 10/15 Forest was coming up the road theyd have shit it. We are presenting it wartsnall. Most people from Leicester have an uncle's girlfriend's brother who was definitely in the Squad, or a fourth cousin who was involved in the fight against Millwall fans in 1987 that saw a police officer's nose and cheekbone shattered. Here are our top tips to replace Silva in your squad before . With all the street fights and police face-offs, the Baby Squad of Leicester crossed racial divides and created an unexpected utopia in a changing city. In the mid-80s, he was jailed for eight months after stabbing a man in his head, face, chest and arm. I and a few mates would hang around the pubs and the many street corners that lead down to Filbert Street, now its fast approaching the traditional 3.00 ko on a Saturday afternoon 1000s of football fans rushing to make it for kick-off, when standing on Burnmoor street which leads to our ground a small group of us younger lads see a smart dressed up firm of slightly older boys racing down to the away end where Utds escort had arrived. 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