Rise of the ‘schooligans’: how a wave of antisocial behaviour threatens non-league football
They have arrived in Chester for their team’s National League North fixture and have hailed taxis, determined to make their presence felt at the ground.
Key points
- As the taxi finally gets clear, the Chester gang stops in the middle of the road, shouting and gesticulating.
- One lad, no older than 16, pulls a long blade from inside his trousers….
- They try to attack the cab and chase after it as it pulls away.
Teenage ultras are increasingly causing disorder and communities fear it will not be long before it becomes something more dangerous It is five past three on Saturday afternoon and the teenage ultras of Hednesford Town are running late.
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- But word appears to have got out about their arrival.
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