Off it however, a certain section of the Easter Road support were busy transforming themselves from a small hooligan element to the most feared casual gang in the UK.

One friendly at home that had been arranged with Chelsea in the early 1990s had potentially serious trouble averted by police action against a travelling group of well known Chelsea hooligans. Another band from Greater Manchester Northside played at the Calton Studios to a crowd mainly of Hibs casuals and students.Not that I suggest turning a blind eye to such stuff, but to me there's a lot of possible problems can arise from either someone in the know trying to direct the topic or alternatively, someone who has no idea just joining in for the sake of it with some made-up ideas of those involved. Virtually like new with bright, unmarked and tightly bound pages, no creasing on the spine or covers and only very light signs of any previous ownership. One hooligan was quoted as saying that "We'll be doing it for Hibs, for pride of the club, for pride of Edinburgh". So it was a shabby looking bunch that were mostly still blatantly in an alcoholic haze who shuffled onto the mini-bus bound for the studios at 6 a. Within the space of a fortnight in December 1986 the Hibs casuals twice met and took early trains to their destination enabling them to arrive well before noon.

The intention of this new mob was to cause trouble at any game they appeared at, regardless of who was playing, either in Scotland, England or abroad, such as during the 1998 World Cup in France. The majority of the cretins were nothing but cowards who gathered in large mobs and picked on smaller mobs than their own. Members of the Baby Crew would be positioned with a line of sight on the exits from the station to enable them to determine what potential route visiting soccer crews would take and likely points where to confront the opposition. One of the founding members of the Hibs Capital City Service he has been at the heart of every CCS encounter, apart from those he missed while in prison.CCS thugs reportedly pushed the drugs on the terraces to fans, and police said several casuals had been prosecuted for dealing. The rowdy Hibs mob got blinding drunk, chanted 'CCS' and even convinced Soccer AM co-presenter Helen Chamberlain to show off her rather intimate tattoo. In readiness to face other hooligan gangs a formation was opted for that consisted of a front line of around twenty self-proclaimed "nutters" who initiated the confrontation with their rivals and directly behind them were other enthusiastic battle lines ready to support the attack. There was also the need initially for hooligans younger than ones in the main mob to form their own identifiable group and could also be managed and trained by older more experienced hooligans.