Ive got no top 5 because it all changes season after season. Please email ( donationsbbl@gmail.com ), or message us on facebook, to ask for the address of the Market Harborough, Oadby, Western Park or Kirby Muxloe address. Stone Island, CP Company my favourites, Armani jeans. Yeah, I do miss it. One of the youths in the group was found to have a smoke grenade and Class A drugs. Make love not war. The drugs led to a period of depression, and eventually he embraced Islam and discovered a new sense of purpose. He started hanging round with his little gang. "And that meant, you had to be exactly the same as other people to be accepted.". The court ordered him to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, supervised by the Probation Service over a year, and to pay 85 costs and a 60 victim surcharge. I was street-wise, long before terrace culture, aggressive policing, sporadic . "There was no one from the big cities I could relate to. RIAZ KHAN was once a feared man on the terraces as a member of Leicester City's football hooligan firm, the Baby Squad. View Wolves Squad Numbers during their Premier League era: 2000-04, 2009-10 to 20011-12, 2018-19 to Wolves Squad Numbers 2022-23. They were called The Baby Squad because they were so young. A decent away win in an entertaining contest likely beckons. Nothing to see here. The world it depicts is brutal, brainless, but at times heroic. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Weve done em all at national level. Ive gained loads of good friends from clubs all over Great Britain. I relate my story to kids who are 17 or 18. A reformed man, his life has since been turned into a theatrical play. PC Stevens recalls when one young Leicester fan at a game against Chelsea was causing a scene, he had to deal with him, only for the Baby Squad to intervene. In the book, Khan interviews numerous characters about the old days, but the play is a two-hander. He has a long grey beard and could almost pass for Alexei Sayle. Rome 97. I had tears in my eyes. "While being an Asian kid it was also a form of escapism. . Over to the younger lads now. The Baby Squad, and the casual sceneespecially in Leicester and Birmingham and cities like thatbroke down more racial barriers than any government think tank or any racial equality organization ever could.". The Baby Squad is a football hooligan firm linked to the English Premier League team, Leicester City. And lastly, tell us what you enjoyed about being a football casual? RG Snyman is set to bookend his 16-month injury-enforced sabbatical with matches against the Scarlets. 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See which players wore Wolves number 10, Wolves number 7, Wolves number 1 and all Wolves shirt numbers for the . Great trip! Years under the radar have turned the gang into the stuff of urban legend. Police have won a five-year banning order on a soccer thug tracked by a national anti-hooligan agency. The Baby Squad, like the Foxes, were the underdogs, born from a mob of casuals who lived for three things: football, fashion, and "absolutely having it at the weekend," as one ex-memberwho didn't want to be identifiedsaid. It covers my past, my casual era up to the point where I changed my life around in roughly two hours. It changed him. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Lifelong Leicester fan anddrummer from B Squadron joined us at Awayday Radio for a chat about the casual scene. In 1996, after taking on advice from his wife, Khan turned to education. A submission by Leicester Police revealed him to be an active member of a group calling itself The Young Baby Squad, a modern-day version of the notorious Leicester City hooligan firm The Baby Squad from the 1980s. Applying for a Football Banning Order, Mr Williams said OReilly was in a group responsible for organising fights with rival supporters, often staged away from the stadiums where the teams were playing. "They picked on us because they didn't like the multi-racial element of our gang. Were not judging it or glorifying it in any way, shape or form., But Khan is not so sure. Derby were heading over by coach. Back in our day we truly were the best national mob out there in my book Trips to France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Holland, Spain to name a few were lively but Katowice Poland 97 was not for the faint-hearted. "This was their strongholdlike the Snooty Fox was to us in Leicester. Their era is over, and a new gang, the Young Baby Squad, are trying their luck at filling their shoesbut not very successfully. With safety concerns heightened, the police were forced to chaperone rival fans back to Leicester train station in buses after home matches at Filbert Street, leading to a riot in 1986 that saw 64 fans arrested for attacking the buses and causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Leicester City Baby Kit Bodysuits 2022/23 - 3 Pack. "It's surreal. As they got closer we realized it aint Leicester we could hear em shouting Come on lets do it with Geordie accents, it was Newcastle whod been to West Ham! "We got labeled it, so we adopted it. The day of the game we all set off in one almighty huge mob. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. "People used to use Stanley knives and guys would get slashed across the face and on the backside. I did a few stays for her Majesty lol for the next years on and off, the 90s (early to mid) I personally enjoyed the most. I was always looking for the away fans. Thanks, Daz. "I started going to matches and trying to infiltrate the group. He dressed smart, carried a knife and wound up in jail. "We had white guys, Jamaican, Asian lads and they couldn't fathom that we were all mates from different backgrounds. 27 years ago Riaz Khan was a member of the notorious Leicester City hooligan firm, the Baby Squad. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Inside the stadium, we fought running battles with the Italian old bill, they like the Spanish and Belgian police are fuckin vile! He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and South Asian Studies. One things for sure those steroid vest-wearing Russian robots wouldnt have been fit to lace our boots back in the 80/90s hooligan heyday. And I thought, Oh my God. I could see him being loud and lairy in the street. PC Dave Stevens is Leicestershire Police's only dedicated football officer and recently had to deal with violent Legia Warsaw supporters The camaraderie, dressing up on Saturday. Bit of a look round a few clobber shops, any way around 5.30 Im walking back to the train station for my journey home and it was dark, Ive got a Flannels clothing designer shopping bag. Bev Thompson started hanging out with the Baby Squad when her parents relocated to Leicester from Yorkshire. Proper ran us! Smith has been left out of a 26-man training squad for this week's camp in Brighton having begun the Six Nations as starting outhalf before spending rounds two and three on the bench. With all the street fights and police face-offs, the Baby Squad of Leicester crossed racial divides and created an unexpected utopia in a changing city. He described a litany of football-related violence and disorder which the defendant had admitted being involved in. So just who were they, and what did they stand for? Loved following England away, home games were ok at Wembley mainly if the Jocks were in town. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. He must also surrender his passport whenever England play abroad. I was nicknamed 'Aquascutum Girl' because I was one of the best-dressed out of a group of fiercely competitive older males, but I was never an official membermore of a groupie. [1] For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Baby Squad. Khan has a gentle face and a lovely warm smile. Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual opens September 26 at Leicester's Curve theatre and runs till the October 6. Anstiss said: I was going by the map that came with the order. "As long as you supported Leicester City, you dressed well, you were accepted. He holds a regular job as a lecturer at Leicester's De Montfort University, teaching English as a second language. 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