NME: From The Bender Squad to The Gremlins; Inside Newcastle's Football Hooligan Firm

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But they failed to turn up and instead had called to say they would be at a different location, a pub. The court heard the messages were verbally abusive, with one reading: “You’re nothing but a w***e from the gutter.” During the hearing, three officers gave evidence, detailing how they saw Jary throw a series of punches at police. The Seaburn Casuals, in 1984, took over the Everton FC pub called The Blue House for several hours. They also had a strong rivalry with a Nottingham Forest FC firm due to its links with a Newcastle United firm. A few days before a game, in 1994, police snatched a pile of weapons, drugs worth thousands of pounds, and were preparing for a showdown with Nottingham hooligans. [1]

The chief inspector goes on to describe the groups as fragmenting as the city got busier, he also describes them becoming more confrontational with both police and other male groups present in the city."Stephen, 37, of Broom Hill, Stanley, County Durham, was present at Eclipse bar, in Newcastle city centre, when a smoke bomb was set off as Sunderland supporters arrived in the city for a derby match in February. One police officer later described the scene as ‘carnage’ and another said it was the worst violence they had seen in 17 years of service Last season, Short was seen at a number of games with notorious Toon hooligans, including an away game at Portsmouth and a home game against Hull City. Mennim claims he sent the messages because Ms Moreland had stolen money from him, leaving him “penniless” and “without enough for a pint of milk”.

Police say his ban is the latest in a series that have seen core members of the Gremlins booted out of the game. It comes amid a probe into ugly scenes at Newcastle Central Station involving the Gremlins and rivals the Seaburn Casuals.

In 2011, bans from football games, community service hours, and fines were given to a bunch of Seaburn Casuals ringleaders, instigators, and participants who took part in 2009 clash between the Seaburn Casuals and Newcastle fans. While the police managed to detain Newcastle fans who were ambushing the arriving trains of Sunderland fans at the Central Station, they struggled to contain the Sunderland fans who arrived later. [8] See also [ edit ] But Mennim found it impossible to quit, and told the Chronicle he has only stopped now because of his ill health. The man, who the Chronicle has agreed not to name, said: “He said he was a football hooligan to groom and intimidate people when he never was. He used the Gremlins name to impress some young people and to threaten others. It worked both ways. But he was never a member of the Gremlins.” The statement added: “Police believe this was organised violence between Newcastle United and Stoke City risk supporters. Calls and times were monitored, linking all the main thugs, and enabling the Crown Prosecution Service to make conspiracy charges.

Dr Geoff Pearson, lecturer at the University of Liverpool's Football Research Unit, writes for the Chronicle.Ian Kapke has been hit with a five-year stadium ban after a court heard details of his connections to some of the Magpies’ most notorious hooligans.