Aberdeen Soccer Casuals

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The Aberdeen Soccer Casuals (ASC) are a hooligan group around the football club FC Aberdeen in Scotland , which is considered the first Scottish representative of the casual subculture and was mainly active in the 1980s.

A former member of the ASC published his memoir in a book. The founding idea arose during a game between Aberdeen FC and Liverpool in October 1980, when the supporters of the Scottish team saw the fans of the Liverpool club, who were noticeably differently dressed. In contrast to the street clothes with scarves and other fan merchandise that had been common up until then, they wore designer tracksuits and sportswear from continental European brands. Aberdeen fans are said to have adopted this style of clothing and made it known as one of the first groups among Scottish football fans. Not least because of their completely different appearance, the ASCs became known in their arguments with other hooligan "companies" in Scotland. The ASC are said to have been the first, largest and most feared hooligan group of the new type in Scotland. You have been involved in rioting at Aberdeen FC games for twenty years.

In the years 1984/1985 up to 700 people appear at home games of FC Aberdeen and around 400 people at away games, who were attributable to the ASC. In the 1990s, the number of followers declined. In 2006, around 50 people are said to have belonged to the core group, but up to 200 followers are to appear at important games.

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See also

  • Nick Lowles, Andy Nicholls: Hooligans: The AZ of Britain's Football Gangs , Milo Books 2005, ISBN 1903854415

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rivers, Dan: Congratulations, You Have Just Met The Casuals, published by Blake Publishing 2005, ISBN 1844541045
  2. ↑ Barry Didcock: Casuals: The lost tribe of Britain. Herald Scotland, May 8, 2005, accessed January 10, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Billy Briggs: They're back: second generation of football hooligans menace terraces Sons of notorious casuals organize clashes in Europe. The Herald Scotland, January 14, 2006, accessed January 16, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Unknown author: History of Scottish Casual scene. October 29, 2006, accessed January 10, 2011 .