Newcastle Gremlins
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Newcastle Gremlins are a football hooligan firm linked to the English football club, Newcastle United F.C.[1]
[edit] Background
In March 2002, the Gremlins fought with hooligans from Sunderland's Seaburn Casuals in what was described as "some of the worst football related fighting ever witnessed in the United Kingdom".[2] The fight was alleged to have been prearranged by Mobile phone calls.[3]
On 15 October 2003, Newcastle fans clashed with fans of Dutch club NAC Breda before their UEFA Cup match in Breda, the Netherlands. 87 Newcastle fans were arrested and they were detained until the next day when they were released without charge.[4]
Hooligans from Newcastle and Sunderland fought again in April 2008 after the Tyne-Wear derby and eleven people were arrested which led to police having to close off part of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne city centre.[5]
[edit] See also
- Casuals
- Football hooliganism
- Hooliganism
- Inter City Firm
- Leeds United Service Crew
- List of hooligan firms
- Luton Town MIGs
- Millwall Bushwackers
- The Muckers
- Newcastle United F.C.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Nicholls, Andy; Nick Lowles (2006). Hooligans Volume 2: The M-Z of Britain's Football Hooligan gangs. London: Milo Books. ISBN 1903854644.
- ^ "Fight like 'scene from Braveheart'", BBC News, 2002-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Calls that led to bloodbath", ic Newcastle, 2002-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Newcastle fans avoid charges", The Guardian, 2003-10-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Fans arrested after derby clashes", BBC News, 2008-04-21. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
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