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]
On the 16th January 2016, Leicester hooligans fought with Aston Villa. Both sets of supporters threw bricks and bottles at each other as violence erupted in Birmingham city centre ahead of the sides' Premier League clash, 20 fans were arrested in total.
References
- 1 2 "Hooligans troublespots - Leicester City". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ Lowles, Nick; Andy Nicholls (2005). Hooligans: A-L of Britain's Football Gangs. Wrea Green: Milo Books. p. 25. ISBN 1-903854-41-5.
- ↑ "Hooligan league - Cardiff fans fifth". BBC News. 2000-08-14. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ "Eleven held in football violence". BBC News. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ "Arrests after football disorder". BBC News. 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
Further reading
- Nicholls, Andy (2005). Hooligans: A-L of Britain's Football Gangs, Milo Books, ISBN 1-903854-41-5