http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35544730

 

Having experienced this first time should we be worried about unrest on the streets of Sneck or are the authorities/media simply overreacting?

 

 

Dougal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The closest you ever got to the "casual" scene was the Bay City Rollers in concert at the Caley.

Is this a Scottish Police agenda to try and increase funding before next season if the other side of the OF do get back up and they spend vast amounts policing the games and the after effects of the result. Other than the odd idiots I don't recall too much bother up here over the last 20 years . Hard to believe 35 of 42 clubs up here have them

seems like scaremongering TBH 

3 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

The closest you ever got to the "casual" scene was the Bay City Rollers in concert at the Caley.

^^^^^^

Without doubt  took various hidings from Aberdeen and  Hibs when a Celtic scarfer.

Probably explains why he's soft in the head now

Like jagster says it's hard to believe two thirds of Scottish clubs allegedly have these type of groups

Other than the usual old firm behaviour I can only remember a skirmish between Hearts and St Johnstone when both clubs were both in the highlands the same day

I assume we are one of the clubs that don't have such a group attached mainly due to our relatively low attendances and the keyboard warriors 

Dougal

What about the Young Boys Pyro Crew ?

Do you remember when Mark Wright apparently got attacked by the ICT cake baking casuals in Glasgow train station and couldn't make it up to Inverness for a guest appearance at a nightclub.

Edited February 14, 201610 yr by 12th Man

1 hour ago, 12th Man said:

Do you remember when Mark Wright apparently got attacked by the ICT cake baking casuals in Glasgow train station and couldn't make it up to Inverness for a guest appearance at a nightclub.

Aye, the hooligans attacked him and his dad on Inverness train. Broke his dads wrist with a tossed bottle. Took dad to Glasgow Royal for treatment and still managed to get to his nightclub in Essex before midnight.

Funniest thing in all this was that the newspapers ran the story without doing the maths. Time to get out of Parkhead and back to station to catch train which I think was leaving around seven. Time to realise extemt of injury and get from Q St to infirmary. Time in waiting room and time for treatment then get to Glasgow airport for flight that there's no booking for. Flight to London then journey to Essex to get to nightclub before midnight. The guy was and still is a d!ckhead

Probably more a case of increased reporting of anti-social activity in and around football grounds due to the growing ubiquity of social media and content sharing, rather than an actual increase in anti-social activity. In days gone by incidents would pass largely unnoticed by anyone outwith the immediate vicinity. Today phone footage and eyewitness testimony will be published online within hours and disseminated all over the internet, leading to a distorted, augmented sense of prevalence.  

I'd be extremely surprised if 'casual' culture actually returned to Scottish football in this day and age. Football, as a subculture, largely reflects culture at large. At the risk of sounding blunt, the youth of today are somewhat 'low testosterone' in comparison to their 1970s and 1980s counterparts (studies actually bare this out). In the old days hard drinking and fighting were deeply ingrained aspects of Scottish masculine culture. Violent crime has been decreasing for decades. There are multiple theories as to why (some even attribute it to banning leaded petrol!) but the end result is an anti-social generation who would rather sit at home playing X box or chatting to their pals on whatsapp rather than leaving the house. Real world social interaction is a drag for many of these kids, who struggle to be separated from their smart phone screen for any extended period, let alone deal with a situation where they could be punched in the face.   

Edited February 14, 201610 yr by AlexJones

Ah - the good old testosterone filled 70's and 80's

Don't even expect any trouble from the 2000 bleating sheep after we beat them tomorrow night!

Ah sure hope so, as ah'm still wearing all the gear.

Can you really imagine the modern day casual. Cant punch with right hand cos its holding phone. Can see target to punch anyway cos eyes glued to said phone. Indeed cant even straighten up body cos years of looking down at said phone have resulted in permanent spinal curvature. Oh and, even if they could fight, would need to get out of bed an hour earlier on match day.

The casual scene didn't die , it's still very much alive in Scotland. Anyone remember the days pre merger when ICI could muster 100+ lads for a big game ? That would never be the case these days .

This thread is creating nostalgic tears to my eyes, my Harrington is bulging and my Docs are dancing.

1 hour ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

 my Harrington is bulging

Never heard it called that before...

ICI? Jesus that's term I've not heard in years. Is the HMC still on the go? 

20 minutes ago, Fraz said:

Is the HMC still on the go? 

They got a job collecting tax and are now known as HMRC

12 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

my Harrington is bulging

I have to admit that I had to Google that term, although the context had already told me that this is not a garment which is worn below the waist.

I'm screwed....unless Jacamo has become an acceptable alternative to Stone Island!!!