After mismanagement during the late 1980s, Hibernian were on the brink of financial ruin in 1990 and in June of that year, Wallace Mercer, the chairman of Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts, proposed a merger of the two clubs. [84] The Hibs fans believed that the proposal was little more than a hostile takeover and they formed the Hands off Hibs group to campaign for the continued existence of the club. The Hibs casuals were out-numbered three to one and took a pasting in the fight near the resort’s Ibrox Bar.

Thornton, Phil (2003). Casuals: Football, Fighting and Fashion: the Story of a Terrace Cult. Milo Books. ISBN 978-1-903854-14-3. Wilson first worked at the airport in 1993 as a firefighter, having served with the 3rd Battalion the Parachute ­Regiment. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Capital City Service (CCS), who aligned themselves with Edinburgh team Hibs, were among the most violent football hooligan groups in British football.

Brimson, Dougie (2003). Eurotrashed: The Rise and Rise of Europe's Football Hooligans. Headline. ISBN 9780755311101. In the brief appearances the club has made in European competitions since the inception of the gang there has also been incidents of note against FC Liege, Anderlecht, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Maribor. [75] [76] [77] Sharpe, Allan (Director) Bean, Sean (Narrator) (1994). Trouble on the Terraces (VHS Cassette). Castle Home Video.

McGuigan, Paul (Director) (1 January 1999). The Acid House (Film Production). Zeitgeist Films . Retrieved 8 September 2013. CCS leaders downplayed links to drugs, stating that some members would have been involved in crime “regardless” of their association with the firm.

Rivers 2007, p. 45 "in years to come there would be nothing quite like a day out at Easter Road for having a battle" If the hibs mob was a true hibs mob they would never had allowed hearts boys to join them, they just wanted to be a great mob and took all the casuals they could get to be number one, or two if you liked the ASC better. Horrified women and children looked on as violence erupted at Central station after a Scottish Cup-tie between Ayr and Hibs last March. It was organised via text messages between yobs with links to Chelsea, Hibs and Rangers. Hibs Baby Crew (HBC) - Circa 1987 the popularity of football hooliganism and of the CCS activities had attracted another set of young and eager recruits in much the same way as the previous baby crew. The dissolution of this group followed the same pattern as the BBC. [41] By the early part of the 21st century there was a further wave of casual styled hooligans attached to Hibernian who had resurrected the moniker of the Hibs Baby Crew. This consisted of youths attracted to football hooliganism for similar reasons as their predecessors and quite often enough they could have been sons or nephews of older hooligans. [47] Strategies and tactics [ edit ] The CCS enters Waverley Station in 1984 O'Kane 2006, Other Firms p. 226 "The CCS are regarded as the top firm in Scotland and rightly so", p. 231 "the CCS have proved beyond doubt that they have been the top firm in Scotland in the 20 years they have been going"