The last game of the season at Brighton and Hove Albion saw the Sussex club relegated to the Third Division after Leeds beat them 1-0. But as the book progresses you still elements of respect and at times remorse for actions especially when they affected fans not associated with the firms. Good accounts of days out at Old Trafford, White Hart Lane as well as riotous weekends in Blackpool. Apologies, I'm sure it has its nice parts and I was just basing my view on past experience, rather than any objective facts. Police presence is too much for a load of trouble to erupt nowadays - anything said about Turkey etc.

As you say Leeds Service Crew were / are one of the top mobs in the country during the peak days of British football hooliganism, and I was even in London one Saturday around 1980, when you brought a huge mob of 300-400, to take it to Chelsea on their own turf. On 11 May 1985 (the same day as the Bradford City stadium fire) a 14-year-old boy (Ian Hambridge) A Leeds fan attending his first ever game died at St Andrew's stadium when fans were pushed by police onto a wall which subsequently collapsed following crowd violence at a match between Birmingham City and Leeds United. And despite the constant barrage of violence there are parts that can be quite thought provoking, such as a Falklands veteran (an ex-para who was involved at the battle of Goose Green and would nowadays probably have been diagnosed with PTSD) getting 4 years imprisonment for football related violence compared to the same judge giving someone from Barnsley a 3 year sentence for the robbery and rape of an 80 year old women. As standard all our t shirts are direct to garment printed and only vegan friendly inks and eco friendly packaging used. Calendar arrived safely in plastic-free packaging - which I've not seen before with a calendar, so kudos for that.The Leeds United Service Crew are from Yorkshire in England and are one of the most active firms in the country. I have just finished reading a book by Caroline Gall about the notorious Leeds Utd Service Crew and their activities in the 70's and 80's and to a lesser extene maybe in the 90's.

Many of the most shocking incidents in British football history have involved the hooligan followers of one club: Leeds United. Groups travelled down to Brighton the night before the match and it wasn’t long before fights broke out with late-night drinkers in the town. There was nothing new about this concept, my mates and I did it in 68/69 for the same reasons, the only difference was in 1980, there were thousands at it, so of course, the media get hold of it, a story is born, myths perpetuate, and then you have a cult with a cult following. The point was, we had a massive away following which got bigger in inverse proportions to the clubs success. It was cold and wet and only 600-odd tickets had been made available but a few headed south to watch Leeds play in front of the smallest crowd of the season.The City is for "the beautiful people" not a sniff of Burburry, Hackett, Stone Island and Henri Lloyd.

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The police eventually launched Operation Wild Boar to take down the ringleaders, only to convict a small number of relative fringe players. It could have any of 2-3 thousand lads who were only doing the same thing, namely following their team and getting in a few rucks. They backed the ten of us into the pub and went on to destroy the outside of it until the Old Bill turned up.