What are West Ham hooligans called?

The Inter City Firm (ICF) is an English football hooligan firm associated with West Ham United, which was mainly active in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, The name came from the use of InterCity trains to travel to away games.
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What is the GSE West Ham?

The GSE firm is based on the infamous Inter City Firm from the 70s and 80s. The name eludes to the street in which West Hams stadium, Boleyn Grounds, is located at. The sequel, Green Street Hooligans 2, is about members of the same fictional firm serving prison sentences.
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Who are the toughest football hooligans?

The 10 Biggest Hooligan Clubs in English Football
  • Service Crew (Leeds United)
  • The Zulu Warriors (Birmingham City)
  • Chelsea Headhunters (Chelsea)
  • The Herd (Arsenal)
  • Soul Crew (Cardiff City)
  • 6.57 Crew (Portsmouth)
  • Naughty Forty – N40 (Stoke City)
  • Red Army (Manchester United)
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Who started the ICF?

Professional Coach Thomas Leonard started the International Coach Federation (ICF) in 1995 as a nonprofit organization for fellow coaches to support each other and grow the profession. The following year, a president was appointed and a board of directors established.
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What's Millwall's firm called?

The Millwall Bushwackers are the most notorious football firm associated with Millwall Football Club.
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Green Street Hooligans: Bovver best scene (West Ham vs Birmingham City)



What is a Chelsea brick?

Chelsea Brick by Marble Systems.

Artisan hand glazed bricks made in the USA. With 31 glazes and 3 profiles (rustic, plain, or striated), the Chlesea brick is chic and personalized to your specifications.
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Who was ICF Top Boy?

Bill Gardner (football hooligan)
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Who are the most feared football Firms UK?

Millwall Bushwackers

The hooligan firm of infamous English football club Millwall, the Bushwackers take their (misspelled) name from the American Civil War ambushers, and no one would want to be attacked by these nasty Brits.
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Are West Ham fans violent?

Certain factions of West Ham's supporters have a tradition of violence and hooliganism. Their former ground, Upton Park, has also witnessed racism amongst fans and here football hooliganism originated amongst bovver boys in the 1960s.
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Which football fans are the most violent?

Atletico Madrid's fans have a violent history in the world of football. From racist chants to people dying in the streets during hooligan showdowns, the working class local rivals of Real Madrid have been on the map of violence for years.
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Who are the ICF West Ham?

The Inter City Firm (ICF) is an English football hooligan firm associated with West Ham United, which was mainly active in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, The name came from the use of InterCity trains to travel to away games. They were the subject of a 1985 Thames Television documentary, Hooligan.
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Where do West Ham hooligans sit?

Away fans are housed in both the upper and lower tiers in the South West part of the stadium, in the Sire Trevor Brooking Stand, where just under 3,000 can be accommodated for League games (or up to 8,000 for domestic cup ties).
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Who are West Ham's biggest rivals?

The rivalry between Millwall and West Ham United is one of the longest-standing and most bitter in English football. The two teams, then known as Millwall Athletic and Thames Ironworks, both originated in the East End of London, and were located less than three miles apart.
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Do Rangers like Chelsea?

Superb write up of the history and friendship between Chelsea and Glasgow Rangers. I'm sure most of you won't be aware of this but Rangers and Chelsea, the 'Blues Brothers', have a long and storied relationship that stretches back to the very foundation of our club.
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Do Arsenal have firms?

Arsenal has two separate Football hooligan firms, one named as 'The Gooners', this being a mutation of the club's nickname, The Gunners and 'The Herd'. The Gooners were known as a violent football hooligan firm, who were mainly active within the 1980s.
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Are English football fans the worst?

[...] English fans have come to be regarded in Continental football circles as by far and away the worst in Europe, if not the world.
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What celebrities support West Ham?

Here are nine of the most nine famous faces from the worlds of acting, music, sport and beyond who support West Ham United Football Club:
  1. Russell Brand. The actor and comedian is a life long supporter of the Hammers. ...
  2. James Corden. ...
  3. Danny Dyer. ...
  4. Ray Winstone.
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Who is Jason Marriner?

Jason Marriner was one of Britain's most feared football hooligans. Known as The General, he was a key member of the notorious Chelsea Head Hunters and was jailed for 6 years after the BBC's Donal McIntyre infiltrated his firm.
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What is the Wolves firm called?

The Subway Army are a Hooligan firm attached to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (Wolves) and were at their peak during the 1970s and 1980s. The firm became famous during the 1970s by ambushing rival fans in subways leading to Wolves home ground, Molineux, a tactic which earned them their Subway Army tag.
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Why are Birmingham called Zulus?

The Zulu Warriors first appeared in the late 1980s and the name came from a chant of "Zulu, Zulu" which Manchester City fans aimed at Birmingham in 1982, due to their multicultural following. Membership (est.)
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Who are the Liverpool urchins?

Perhaps the most famous of these hooligan groups were the Liverpool FC Urchins. The group has been at fault for multiple clashes with other fans in recent history, although their site seems to have been discontinued in order to stomp out hooliganism.
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