- 6.57 Crew
The 6.57 Crew is a football hooligan firm linked to the English
Premier League team,Portsmouth F.C. .cite book
last=Pennant
first=Cass
coauthors=Silvester, Rob
title= Rolling with the 6.57 Crew
publisher=Blake Publishing
date=2004
isbn= 978-1844540723] cite book
last= Payne
first= John
authorlink=
coauthors=
title= 6.57 The Story of Pompey's Hooligan Crew
publisher= Head Hunter Books
date=2007-04-10
pages= 140
isbn= 1906085072] cite book
last= Beech
first= Bob
title= Playing Up with Pompey: The Story of the Portsmouth 6.57 Crew
publisher= Head Hunter Books
date=2007-08-16
pages= 240
isbn= 1906085021] The name, 6.57 Crew is taken from the time that thePortsmouth to London Waterloo train left Portsmouth and Southsea station. The firm were one of the most active firms in the 1980s and caused havoc wherever they went.cite book
last=Nicholls
first=Andy
coauthors=Nick Lowles
title=HOOLIGANS VOL.2: M-Z of Britain's Football Hooligan Gangs
publisher=Milo Books
date= 2006
location=London
isbn=1903854644]Background
On
22 September 2001 , the 6.57 Crew fought with Coventry City fans both at the match and inCoventry city centre. Before the match hooligans from both clubs clashed in the city centre. During the match, some Portsmouth hooligans ripped up seats and threw missiles at Coventry fans. After fighting broke out in the stand,riot police were called in and restored order. Following the match, further violence broke out in Coventry again.cite news
title = Hooligans troublespots - Portsmouth
publisher =BBC News
date =
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2002/hooligans/diary/portsmouth.stm
accessdate = 2008-03-07 ] Ninety-three people were arrested for their involvement in riots involving over 300 people before and after a match with South coast rivalsSouthampton F.C. on21 March ,2004 . The police were attacked, shops were looted, and cars were vandalized. Of those arrested, 64 were given banning orders, and some were jailed.cite news
title = Hooligans warned ahead of derby
publisher =BBC News
date =2004-11-10
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/3996899.stm
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] One of the arrests included a ten-year-old boy who became the youngest-ever convicted football hooligan in theUnited Kingdom , when he was found guilty of violent disorder.cite news
title = 10-year-old is youngest hooligan
publisher =CBBC Newsround
date =2004-06-23
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_3754000/3754023.stm
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ] In August that year, 54 Portsmouth hooligans were banned for life by club chairmanMilan Mandarić for their involvement in the riots at the Southampton game.cite news
title = Life ban on Fratton hooligans
publisher = Portsmouth News
date =2004-08-19
url = http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/spare455/Life-ban-on-Fratton-hooligans.841214.jp
accessdate = 2008-03-07 ]The 6.57 Crew were featured in an episode of the Bravo documentary series "Britain's Toughest Towns," which focused on Portsmouth hooligans.cite web
title = Britains Toughest Towns
publisher = Bravo
url = http://www.bravo.co.uk/toughesttowns/#
accessdate= 2008-03-07 ] They have also been the subject of three books, "Rolling with the 6.57 Crew", "Playing Up with Pompey: The Story of the Portsmouth 6.57 Crew" and "6.57 The Story of Pompey's Hooligan Crew".cite news
title = Book glorifies hooligans say Pompey bosses
publisher = Portsmouth News
date =2002-11-18
url = http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/spare455/Book-glorifies-hooligans-say-Pompey.248035.jp
accessdate = 2008-03-07 ]In May 2006, 130 Portsmouth hooligans had to give up their
passport s so they could not travel to the2006 World Cup inGermany because of their convictions for football-related crime.cite news
title = Pledge to hunt down Pompey hooligans
publisher = Portsmouth News
date =2006-05-31
url = http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/spare455/Pledge-to-hunt-down-Pompey.1535901.jp
accessdate = 2008-03-08 ]A
Home Office report in October 2007 listed all football banning orders by club. Statistics showed that Portsmouth had 95 banning orders in place against who are termed "risk supporters", the most in the Premier League. However, there had been just one banning order, the second lowest in the Premier League, between10 October ,2006 and the date of the report,9 August , 2007.cite news
title = Statistics on Football-related arrests & banning orders 2006-7
publisher =Home Office
date = October, 2007
url = http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/football-arreststatistics-2007?view=Binary
format =PDF
accessdate = 2008-04-02 ]ee also
*
Casuals
*Football hooliganism
*Hooliganism
*Inter City Firm
*Leeds United Service Crew
*List of hooligan firms
*Luton Town MIGs
*Millwall Bushwackers
*The Muckers
*Portsmouth F.C. Notes
Further reading
* Pennant, Cass; Silvester Rob (2004). "Rolling with the 6.57 Crew", Blake Publishing, ISBN 978-1844540723
* Payne John (2007). "6.57 The Story of Pompey's Hooligan Crew", Head Hunter Books, ISBN 1906085072
* Beech, Bob (2007). "Playing Up with Pompey: The Story of the Portsmouth 6.57 Crew", Head Hunter Books, ISBN 1906085021
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