George Photiou age 24 from Hamilton Gardens, Mutley, Plymouth was given a six- months in jail suspended for two years. Harris told the court: "I was just walking up into town going to have a drink and it just happened.". He was given 200 hours of unpaid work and a prohibition activity requirement to stop him attending Plymouth Argyle games for two years. Before kick-off there was a minute's silence in memory of Bobbi-Anne McLeod, with supporters all around the stadium standing to pay their respects to the 18-year-old, whose body was found a few days before. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Soul Crew by David Jones and Tony Rivers, who belonged to the Cardiff Soul Crew, gave over an entire chapter to what they called "The Plymouth Brethren" while in Paul Lumber's book It All Kicked Off In Bristol: The Inside Story of the City Service Firm (CSF), he was particularly disparaging of the Argyle fans, describing The Central Element as "hopeless" and an "insignificant mob". The disturbance in the Barn Park Stand involved a very small minority of the 15,329 crowd who packed into Home Park. More than 150 Devon hens MUST be rehomed by 4pm today - can you help? Plymouth Argyle FC vs Charlton Athletic FC As a result of the departments proactive approach, Devon and Cornwall Police have already seen an increase within Football banning orders resulting from Football related prosecutions this past year. Plymouth surrendered a two-goal lead as Bristol Rovers mounted a stunning second-half comeback to earn a 2-2 draw against the Sky Bet League One leaders. Webber was given a 100-hour unpaid community service order and a curfew was imposed between 7pm and 7am for the next eight weeks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Argyle issued a statement on that Saturday night which read: "The club has launched an investigation into the events that occurred during our Sky Bet League One fixture against Wigan Athletic. Footage shows Plymouth and Wigan fans clashing as a club release a statement regarding what happened inside the stadium on Saturday. Police were trying to separate the two sets of fans and the Argyle gang was breaking off into smaller pockets of disorder. ", Harris said: "My behaviour was out of control and I'm very sorry. 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"Ninety-nine percent of them are employed, many in white-collar professions, and a lot of them are family men with wives and children at home. One other person - 42-year-old Argyle fan Steve Dyke of Bulmer Road in St Judes - failed to show up for the hearing and a warrant for his arrest has been issued. Thugs supporting. Five were found guilty and two acquitted. Some would later claim this was all a myth - yet it was a myth which the hooligans-turned-lucrative-writers would later boast about as real in their Firm-lit. Dozens of 'I was there' style books have been written - or ghost-written - by aging thugs seemingly desperate to keep their gory-glory days alive. Alan Phillips age 49 from Ladysmith Road Heavitree, Exeter was handed 12 months in jail suspended for two years plus a curfew for 20 weeks from 9pm-6am. Hooligan Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle mob guilty of shocking city centre pub brawl The men had been standing trial at Exeter Crown Court. Photos which have begun to circulate on social. Despite the mutual respect, a return match in Cardiff the following year saw Argyle fans who turned up for a fight at a Welsh pub battered senseless. Fifteen supporters have been handed banning orders, though the club has. He was also present at the King Billy in Exeter when the brawl broke out with rival fans. Doormen were left the odious task of trying to keep them apart as they too were attacked. To the bigger hooligan firms, the TCE were less than impressive. Callum Lang struck a 90th-minute winner which helped the Latics move up to second in League One as they claimed a thrilling victory at their fellow high-fliers. Rivers revealed that rumours that "Plymouth waited for Cardiff at the court to take them for a drink as a mark of respect" were true. Lumber, in his book It All Kicked Off In Bristol, claimed that the "Old Bill" of Plymouth were the real danger. One was a bricklayer and amateur boxer, one was a taxi driver. The court heard that several children were around him at the time. Many held season tickets, but their interests were more about what happened off the pitch than on it. Violence erupted at the King Billy pub in Exeter after a mob of about 30 Argyle fans marched from the train station to the bar to confront City rivals. Cries of 'It's Plymouth' went up as fans traded blows and clashed. The word hooligan comes from the late 19th century, but football hooliganism goes back much further, to the 14th Century. Rivers wrote about his visit to Plymouth in February 1994 having head about The Central Element. The jury were told by specialist police officers how the TCE members were recognisable by their 'designer uniform', while prosecutors described the incident as a "tide of violence, rushing forward towards the line of door staff an then moving back, regrouping and attacking again". The season ticket holder denied shouting the racist term "shut up P**is", claiming he said "shut up p***ys" - an offensive term for the traveller community. Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Ipswich Town: Home side go top of League One after fightback in thriller - BBC Sport Top Scorers SUN 25 Sept 2022 League One Plymouth Argyle 2 Ipswich Town 1 Mumba. Like posing peacocks, the hooligan's brand would show off how much cash you spent on your clobber - it also was intended to deceive police because no-one wearing hundreds of pounds worth of name-label gear was going to get into a fight with a rival team's fans, were they? We were walking along, happy as Larry, not looking for trouble, when this Old Bill came up alongside. Some notorious Plymouth drug dealers who ended up in jail for their career choices were also strongly rumoured to be big players in the TCE, according to police, with one high-profile character alleged to have been a leading member - although other TCE sources disputed this. A football hooligan has been jailed for 12 weeks for his involvement in violence ahead of a game between Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle. Duncan was fined 600 fine, ordered to pay a 60 victim surcharge and 400 court costs, totalling 1,060. All five men pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour causing fear of violence on Saturday November 27. Webber said: "I would like to apologise its highly embarrassing on my part. Something went wrong, please try again later. Tickets Available. Friday 20 January from 9:30am. Thankfully, while some are still clinging on to The Central Element name, the firm has all but disappeared, with many of its former 'top boys' banned from Home Park and other stadiums. As Plymouth Argyle prepare to face their bitter Devon rivals Exeter City for the first time in two years, here is our scroll of shame from our courts in the last 12 months. "The club takes a zero tolerance on violence of any nature and do not welcome anybody at the ground that want to engage in this kind of behaviour.. All these men have been handed football bans after causing trouble from Home Park to Wembley, Get the best and latest crime stories with our Court Insider newsletter. She said that the order was needed to prevent further violence and disorder at games. In the book Soul Crew by Cardiff City hooligans David Jones and Tony Rivers, a chapter is devoted to what they nicknamed the "Plymouth Brethren". Two Plymouth Argyle football hooligans who were part of a 40-man gang of thugs who clashed with Bristol Rovers fans in Central Park have been banned from watching the game for the next three years. Plymouth magistrates handed the five men Football Banning Orders after they admitted causing trouble during the League One game against Wigan Athletic. Back in 1987, the death of 17-year-old Mark Smith came about after rival firms clashed on the streets of Swindon. The court was told that police knew the game would be high risk. Plymouth magistrates came down hard on out-of-work Plymouth scaffolder Donovan Harris, 28, from West Park and swimming pool engineer Elliott Webber, 23, from Newquay who both pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour. Report | Argyle Women 4 Cheltenham Town Ladies 1. 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Plymouth Argyle Football Club team news on Sky Sports - See fixtures, live scores, results, stats, video, photos and more.. Four of the men were handed six month jail sentences and six-year football banning orders. 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Each group had their own hierarchy whose role was to organise, arrange the fighting team via mobile phones or posting internet messages giving details of where the meet was going to take place and what level of violence was to be expected. Whilst the former was due to Liverpool fans storming towards opposing supporters, the latter was initially blamed on supporters but later found to be caused largely by grossly negligent failures by police and ambulance services. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. He also denied being a TCE member. He accepted he had been kicking the unknown male and acknowledged there was a play park nearby with young families around.". 2 years ago And cops likened the issues at Foremark Reservoir near Repton. But after his racist remark towards a player "the crowd fell silent and appeared to be in shock and disbelief", Plymouth magistrates were told in July. A dossier of evidence was handed to the magistrates who ruled that a football banning order was necessary to prevent anti-social behaviour. Plymouth supporters walk through Exeter city centre towards The King Billy, Bar staff take cover as more punches are thrown inside the King Billy, Mark Langdon shouts in an Argyle fan's face as the fight spills out on to the street, The fight spills out on to the street outside the pub, Football fans outside John Lewis shortly before the police arrive. Around this time the TCE's structure appeared to be formed into three tiers - the 15-18-year-olds were known as the "under-5s", the 18-25s were the Plymouth Youth Element while the men aged 25 to around 45 were The Central Element. Trouble-maker Joe Lawrence was mixed up in violent incidents everywhere from Home Park to Wembley over more than three years, a court heard. They get a bizarre sense of victory and pride if they visit an away game, stand on the terraces, taunt the opposition and come home unscathed.". He was given a three-year Football Banning Order. I think after that day Plymouth felt both for us.". Police told city magistrates in March that he had been mixed up in disorder for five years. Police said in a tweet that the teenager had been behaving badly at football matches since 2015, when he would have been 14 or 15. PORTSMOUTH 657 CREW HOOLIGAN FIRM PIN BADGE POMPEY PFC FRATTON PARK RARE. 24th February. The 17-year-old city youth has been handed a court order. They said: "They'll write a message, for example, saying that 40 members travelled to a particular game and arranged to meet rival fans. Hover to zoom. 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