Baby Squad

Baby Squad
Founding location Leicester
Years active 1981–present
Territory Leicester area
Ethnicity Mostly White British
Membership (est.) 90-110
Criminal activities Football hooliganism, riots and fighting

The Baby Squad is a football hooligan firm linked to the English Premier League team, Leicester City.[1]

History

The Baby Squad have had a number of fights with the Chelsea Headhunters who follow Chelsea.[2] In August 2000, Leicester were listed as the second most violent football club in England and Wales.[3] In November 2001, the Baby Squad were ambushed by hooligans from Luton Town, called the MiGs, at Leicester railway station before police split up the two groups.[1]

In February 2008, eleven men were arrested after up to 100 hooligans were involved in running battles between fans from Leicester City and Coventry City outside a pub in Coventry. Police confiscated knives and one man suffered minor head injuries. [4]

The week before the incident with Coventry fans, 13 men were arrested after clashes between fans from Leicester and Norwich in which some men sustained minor injuries.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hooligans troublespots - Leicester City". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  2. ↑ Lowles, Nick; Andy Nicholls (2005). Hooligans: A-L of Britain's Football Gangs. Wrea Green: Milo Books. p. 25. ISBN 1-903854-41-5.
  3. ↑ "Hooligan league - Cardiff fans fifth". BBC News. 2000-08-14. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Eleven held in football violence". BBC News. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Arrests after football disorder". BBC News. 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-05-19.

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