![]() ![]() READ MORE: Can you nail our Edinburgh Live nostalgia quiz? Test your knowledge here The Soccer AM appearance is recounted in detail in Andy Blance's book Hibs Boy: The Life and Violent Times of Scotland's Most Notorious Football Hooligan.Īccording to Blance, fellow CCS member Bobby Lipscombe managed to get through to Soccer AM's other co-presenter Tim Lovejoy and managed to persuade him that the Hibs fans would be worthy of making an appearance. 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 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.īarely a matchday went by without reports of the CCS being involved in serious fighting with supporters of rival clubs, while the group also had links with the world of organised crime and drugs.Ĭlearly none of this was on the mind of Soccer AM showrunners when they accepted a request from seven CCS members, including Bobby Lipscombe, Andy Blance and Derek Dykes to appear on the show. Getting real football supporters to appear on the show was a regular feature of Soccer AM, but this time the team were left wishing they'd done a little more research. READ MORE: When Edinburgh Hibs casuals met actor hardman Danny Dyer for hit Bravo TV series With the news that Sky Sports plans to cancel its seminal morning football show Soccer AM after 28 years, we look back at the time a group of Hibs hooligans tricked their way to appearing on the programme.įor the best part of three decades, Soccer AM has been a Saturday morning ritual for football fans up and down the country, known for its mix of informal footy chat, celeb appearances and fun-packed competitions and games.īut in September 2000, the team behind the iconic soccer show landed themselves in a spot of bother when they unwittingly made TV stars of one of Scotland's most notorious hooligan firms. ![]()
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