$("#site-navigation select").change(function() { jQuery(document).ready(function($) { (You must log in or sign up to reply here. The Gooners were known as a violent football hooligan firm, who were mainly active within the 1980s. Basically when football violence was at its peak, so was Arsenal, not that it is really something to be proud of, just part of football back them. “The kids were scared with them being eight and five because they have never experienced anything like that before.”. Mr Casey told jurors a seventh man, Jamie Millar, 31, has been identified through CCTV as “running forward and taking a flying kick at a man”, but he is not on trial with the other defendants. One Arsenal hooligan with a history of organising trouble is a close ally of a prominent Chelsea 'headhunter' who has a horrendous record of violence. And we must remember that an Arsenal fan was stabbed to death near Arsenal tube after a game against West Ham at Highbury in the Eighties. But before and after the match, I don’t see any proper rivalry. } Maybe move it to Football talk in generaly but don't lock it please? vh = vh - offset; CCTV cameras around the hotel captured much of the violence, as up to 40 men clashed for several minutes before police arrived. [5] He also provided additional vocals on "One and One Make Five" on their 1993 album Very. snack_sticky_ad(); Don't lock it straight away please! He left school at 16 and became a scaffolder. $("", { Connell was employed as a bodyguard for the Pet Shop Boys' first tour in 1989. The hooligans were all apparently members of the Suicide Squad, a vicious gang which has previously been implicated in mass violence and even murder. ). [1][3][6], In 2009, a plaque dedicated to Connell near the Emirates Stadium was removed by Islington Council, despite opposition from fans. Later in his life he served as a bodyguard, minder and manager to the Pet Shop Boys, appearing on albums and in music videos by the duo. An associate of the soldier gang told The Observer that the invitation to Leeds thugs to join them in Copenhagen was extended after Arsenal beat French side Lens to reach the Uefa Cup Final but Leeds went out to Galatasaray. A trip to West Ham with the Arsenal in the Eighties was one which was filled with dread. ). “There were two rival groups of supporters, one from Arsenal, one from Anderlecht, who got themselves into a fight,” he said. It is probably to do with the fact that West Ham fans hate Tottenham, Chelsea and Millwall so much that they don’t have time to hate Arsenal as well.