"'the fanshare scheme' in August 2010 with the vocal backing of the club’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, as a vehicle for fans to buy part shares in Arsenal. More than 1,800 members invested almost £2m in the scheme, which gave fans the rights that came with share ownership, including the ability to attend the Arsenal annual meeting, pose questions on club finances and vote on policy. Arsenal Supporters' Trust The Arsenal Supporters' Trust is the official supporters' trust of Arsenal Football Club, as recognised by Supporters Direct. The group, like other supporters' trusts, seeks to strengthen the influence of supporters"
"a report in 2002, Arsenal had 7.7% of their fans calling themselves non-white British, the highest in the league at the time. Both clubs also have extensive fan bases throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Arsenal fans call themselves ""Gooners"" a term that's a reworking of the club's ""Gunners"" nickname which is itself a reference to Arsenal's origins as a munitions factory team. Spurs fans call themselves ""yids"" - a reference to the fact that, because of the large Jewish community in the vicinity of their ground, hooligans of many other clubs back in the 1970s and"
"which is also the home of Boreham Wood F.C. Both the Academy under-18 & the reserves occasionally play their big games at the Emirates in front of a crowd reduced to only the lower west stand. Arsenal fans often refer to themselves as ""Gooners"", the name derived from the team's nickname, ""The Gunners"". The fanbase is large, generally loyal, and virtually all home matches sell out; in 2007–08 Arsenal had the second-highest average League attendance for an English club (60,070, which was 99.5% of available capacity), and, as of 2015, the third-highest all-time average attendance. Arsenal have the seventh highest"
"""The Gooner"", ""Gunflash"" and the satirical ""Up The Arse!"". In addition to the usual English football chants, supporters sing ""One-Nil to the Arsenal"" (to the tune of ""Go West""). There have always been Arsenal supporters outside London, and since the advent of satellite television, a supporter's attachment to a football club has become less dependent on geography. Consequently, Arsenal have a significant number of fans from beyond London and all over the world; in 2007, 24 UK, 37 Irish and 49 other overseas supporters clubs were affiliated with the club. A 2011 report by SPORT+MARKT estimated Arsenal's global fanbase at"
"Proud Canaries Proud Canaries is the Norwich City FC's LGBT Fans & Friends Group with the vision 'Challenging discrimination for better enjoyment of the beautiful game'. Proud Canaries launched at the Norwich City game v Tottenham Hotspur in February 2014 and is the second officially recognised LGBT supporters' group in the country, the first being Gay Gooners, the Arsenal FC LGBT group. Proud Canaries is a social forum for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans supporters of Norwich City FC and works with the Club to make Carrow Road, the club's ground, a safer and more pleasant place for everyone by"
"The Herd and The Gooners, wanted to avenge the deaths of the Leeds fans, and telephoned other British hooligan firms, inviting them to join them in Copenhagen to attack Galatasaray fans. It was reported that members of Leeds United's Leeds United Service Crew and Chelsea's Chelsea Headhunters, along with hooligans supporting Rangers, Cardiff City and Swansea City all travelled to Denmark to join Arsenal fans in attacks on Galatasaray fans. This led to the final being considered ""high risk""; 2,000 members of the Danish police were assigned to the game, with assistance from members of British and Turkish police forces."
"opposing fans. Moving on to Chelsea, Dyer meets with Jason Marriner, a former ""respected lad"" with the Chelsea Headhunters. Marriner was sentenced to six years for football-related offences. Following his sentence, he became something of a celebrity among many of Chelsea's fans, signing autographs and holding audiences with where he discussed his days with the firm. At Tottenham, Dyer met with Trevor Tanner, a member of the Spurs' ""Yid Army."" Tanner describes how ""Yid"" was (and continues to be) used as a derogatory term by opposition fans, referencing the Tottenham area's historical roots as a Jewish community. Over time, however,"
"via Belgium. In 2000, Chelsea Headhunters formed a temporary alliance with other British hooligans supporting Linfield F.C., Rangers F.C., Cardiff City, Swansea City and Leeds United led by Arsenal's firm, The Herd, to attack Galatasaray fans in Copenhagen and Turkish fans in Brussels during Euro 2000 as part of revenge for the 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final stabbing of two Leeds United fans by a Galatasaray fan. Other allies were supporters of Lazio and Hellas Verona. Chelsea Headhunters 'top boy' ('top' indicating his position within the hierarchy of the hooligan gang) Jason Marriner also appears on a photo alongside Linfield hooligan"
"the heart of South London. London Warriors The London Warriors are a British American Football club based in Thornton Heath, London and currently play in the BAFA Premier Division South for the 2018 season. They were formed in 2007 as the London Cobras and were senior outfit for the London Warriors youth team. They are five-time BritBowl champions, with their most recent victory coming against the Tamworth Phoenix in Britbowl XXXII. They play their home games at Streatham-Croydon RFC. The London Warriors were formed in 2007 as a senior team of the successful London Warriors youth team, who had won"
"the ""English Disease"". From the 1970s, many organised hooligan firms sprang up, with most Football League clubs having at least one known organised hooligan element. Hooliganism was often as its worst when local rivals played each other. Supporters of teams including Arsenal, Chelsea, Leeds United, Millwall, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, West Ham United, Leicester City and Bristol City were among those most frequently linked to hooliganism. Racism became a major factor in hooliganism around the same time, as black players became a regular feature in English league teams from the 1970s. Black players were frequently targeted with monkey chants, and had"
"with hooligan supporters of local rivals Liverpool F.C.. Andy Nicholls, a former 'general' in the County Road Cutters throughout the 1980s and 1990s, who was branded a category C football hooligan by the National Football Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the highest NFIU rating, claims that the Cutters had strong rivalries with hooligan firms of the two Manchester teams, Manchester United F.C. and Manchester City F.C., as well as with the Chelsea Headhunters, a firm associated with Chelsea F.C., and the Millwall Bushwackers, a firm associated with Millwall F.C.. As of 6 October 2003, Nicholls was banned for life from Goodison Park."
"April 2014. Gallagher is currently in a relationship with Gwyther, whom he says is his saviour for helping him return to making music. Gallagher is a passionate supporter of football club Manchester City FC. As of Gallagher’s gig at Finsbury Park in 2018 onwards, a champions chant is often played over the speakers at his gigs before walk-on song ‘Fuckin’ in the Bushes’ starts via tape, referring to Manchester City’s 2017/18 Premier League title win. Gallagher also has a Manchester City Adidas Spezial towel draped over a speaker on stage sometimes. In June 2017, Gallagher endorsed the Labour Party in"
"Randy Ollins in Blaney's autobiography ""The Undesirables"" with a caption by Blaney commending the Headhunters on being one of the top firms, indicating a mutual respect between the Headhunters and West Ham United's Inter City firm. Chelsea Headhunters The Chelsea Headhunters are an English football hooligan firm linked to the London football club Chelsea. There is widespread racism amongst the gang and links to various white supremacist organisations, such as Combat 18 and the National Front. The gang also became affiliated with Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary organisations, such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force. They were infiltrated"
"organised by the club's supporters groups, following up on the ""Love United Hate Glazer"" campaign that had existed since 2005, and encouraging match-going fans to wear green and gold, the colours of Manchester United's precursor club, Newton Heath. A few days later, on 30 January, reports emerged that the Manchester United Supporters' Trust had held meetings with a group of wealthy fans with a view to buying out the Glazers' controlling interest in the club. The group then met with Keith Harris, a Manchester United fan and the chairman of investment bank Seymour Pierce, to broker a takeover. On 2"
"London Warriors The London Warriors are a British American Football club based in Thornton Heath, London and currently play in the BAFA Premier Division South for the 2018 season. They were formed in 2007 as the London Cobras and were senior outfit for the London Warriors youth team. They are five-time BritBowl champions, with their most recent victory coming against the Tamworth Phoenix in Britbowl XXXII. They play their home games at Streatham-Croydon RFC. The London Warriors were formed in 2007 as a senior team of the successful London Warriors youth team, who had won the British Youth American Football"
"Leagues' single largest league match attendance, with 33,079 against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 13 April 2009. Derby's celebrity supporters include actor Robert Lindsay, One Direction singer Niall Horan, Blur guitarist Graham Coxon The Gaslight Anthem guitarist Alex Rosamilia adult film star Keiran Lee and actor Jack O'Connell. It has been reported that O'Connell has persuaded other celebrities to support the club, including actors George Clooney and Angelina Jolie, and model Cara Delevingne. Derby's primary rival clubs are Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United, with Forest, based in Nottingham, 14 miles east of Derby, being by far the fiercest rivals; a"
"Chelsea Headhunters The Chelsea Headhunters are an English football hooligan firm linked to the London football club Chelsea. There is widespread racism amongst the gang and links to various white supremacist organisations, such as Combat 18 and the National Front. The gang also became affiliated with Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary organisations, such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force. They were infiltrated by investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre for a documentary screened on the BBC on 9 November 1999, in which MacIntyre posed as a wannabe-member of the Chelsea Headhunters. He had a Chelsea tattoo applied to himself for"
"images of a blue moon (a moon that's blue in colour, not the astronomical phenomenon) appear on licensed and fan-made clothing and merchandise, and the team's mascots are a pair of blue aliens from the moon named 'Moonchester' and 'Moonbeam'. Stoke City fans often sing ""Delilah"" by Tom Jones. ""Go West"" by the Village People has been co-opted by fans of Arsenal F.C., using the words ""1-0 to the Arsenal"" as a reference to the club's defensive style of football under former manager George Graham. The same ""1-0 to the Arsenal"" was also often sung, in ironic spirit, by fans"
"Hotspur's Yid Army, Chelsea's Headhunters and Millwall's F-Troop (later known as the Millwall Bushwackers). Although The Herd was mainly considered to be a violent firm, a few members were not physically violent. Dainton Connell (aka Dainton ""The Bear"" Cornnell) was considered a folk hero by many Arsenal fans, but died in a car crash in 2007, with 3,000 mourners attending his funeral including several ex players. The Herd's two most notorious clashes were with Millwall fans at Highbury in 1988 and with Galatasaray fans in City Hall Square, Copenhagen in 2000. Arsenal firm There are two Arsenal hooligan firms, The"
"Dalston has meant that Arsenal's supporters have come from across the usual class divides. Much of the Afro-Caribbean support comes from the neighbouring London Borough of Hackney and a large portion of the South Asian Arsenal supporters commute to the stadium from Wembley Park, North West of the capital. In addition to the usual English football chants, Arsenal's supporters sing ""One-Nil to the Arsenal"" (to the tune of ""Go West"") and also regularly sing ""Who's that team they call the Arsenal"", ""Good Old Arsenal"" (to the tune of ""Rule, Britannia!"") and ""We're the North Bank/Clock End Highbury"". The fans also"
"corporate sponsors. The practice is widening in the United Kingdom; for instance the current stadium of Bolton Wanderers is the University of Bolton Stadium (after 17 years as Reebok Stadium and 4 as Macron Stadium) and Arsenal Football Club's stadium (opened for the 2006/2007 season) is the Emirates Stadium, their previous ground being Highbury Stadium. In cricket, the most famous example is The Oval, home of Surrey County Cricket Club. It has had several sponsors over the years, and is currently known as ""The Kia Oval"", having originally been known as the ""Kennington Oval"", the district of London in which"
"company Cerce Films released the movie ""Roffa"" which is a story based on the hooligans of Feyenoord. Het Legioen Het Legioen (, ""The Legion"" in English) is the name that is used to describe football fans who support Dutch side Feyenoord. The supporters of Feyenoord are said to be one of the most loyal supporter groups in the world supporting the team during both good or bad times. They are nicknamed ""Het Legioen"", Dutch for ""The Legion"" and can be found everywhere in The Netherlands and far across the Dutch borders. Squad number 12 is never given to a player,"
"and Devon Murray. They also made a LiveCast, where they answered fans' questions and talked about the expansion at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, where the fans can go to the Diagon Alley, summer 2014. Both twins enjoy golf and play regularly. Oliver's handicap is 18 and James' is 20. The twins support rival football clubs in Birmingham. Oliver supports Aston Villa, and did so alongside his late grandfather, while James supports Birmingham City with his father. However, both support Gloucester RFC together. They both support Major League Football side, Portland Timbers. The twins enjoy travelling. Both travel around"
"provoking the Galatasaray followers, along with fans of other clubs involved, as retribution for the two Leeds United supporters murdered, before the club's semi-final first leg match against Galatasaray. Four Britons and Turks were apprehended by the Danish riot police following the violence. The turmoil was covered by some British media; tabloid newspaper the ""Daily Mirror"", published images, believed to be the Arsenal fans involved in the onslaught, while BBC News, ITN News and Sky News reported and broadcast television footage of the riots. One Arsenal supporter, Paul Dineen was stabbed in the back with a knife, during the riots"
"Het Legioen Het Legioen (, ""The Legion"" in English) is the name that is used to describe football fans who support Dutch side Feyenoord. The supporters of Feyenoord are said to be one of the most loyal supporter groups in the world supporting the team during both good or bad times. They are nicknamed ""Het Legioen"", Dutch for ""The Legion"" and can be found everywhere in The Netherlands and far across the Dutch borders. Squad number 12 is never given to a player, but is reserved for Het Legioen instead. Feyenoord can be called a popular club because they always"
"supporters or members of the National Front. During the 1980s, clubs which had rarely experienced hooliganism feared hooliganism coming to their towns, with Swansea City supporters anticipating violence after their promotion to the Football League First Division in 1981, at a time when most of the clubs most notorious for hooliganism were playing in the First Division, while those living in Milton Keynes were concerned when Luton Town announced plans to relocate to the town, although this relocation ultimately never happened. On 1 May 1982, after a London derby between Arsenal and West Ham United, a supporter was killed in"
"fight by throwing a hot Bovril drink over an opposing fan. This mirrors a real life incident where Gardner himself had hot tea thrown over him by Manchester United fans. Bill Gardner (football hooligan) Bill Gardner (born 29 January 1954) is an English football supporter, former football hooligan and co-author of books on football hooliganism. Born in Hornchurch, Essex, Gardner came to prominence in the 1970s as a supporter of West Ham United and as a leader of their firm, the I.C.F.. Gardner was arrested by the Metropolitan police in 1987 as part of Operation Fulltime. The aim of this"
"south end of the stadium in sections 121–123. The group is known for their displays of tifo and chanting. In addition, the supporter group is an umbrella organization with several sub-supporter groups mostly in different geographical locations such as Los Angeles. Gorilla FC is a group which supports Sounders FC and also sits in the south end of Qwest Field in section 120. They are an antifa (Anti-fascism) support group who categorizes themselves as an anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic supporters group. The group is also active in local charitable causes. In the wake of the Haiti disaster, Gorilla FC raised"
"1990–92, graphite and tangerine from 1994–96, and luminous yellow from 2007–08. The graphite and tangerine strip often appears in lists of the worst football kits ever. Chelsea are among the most widely supported football clubs in the world. They have the sixth highest average all-time attendance in English football and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge; they were the seventh best-supported Premier League team in the 2013–14 season, with an average gate of 41,572. Chelsea's traditional fanbase comes from all over the Greater London area including working-class parts such as Hammersmith and Battersea, wealthier areas like Chelsea and"
"West of the capital. There was also traditionally a large Irish community that followed Arsenal, with the nearby Archway area having a particularly large community, but Irish migration to North London is much lower than in the 1960s or 1970s. Like all major English football clubs, Arsenal have a number of domestic supporters' clubs, including the Arsenal Football Supporters' Club, which works closely with the club, and the Arsenal Independent Supporters' Association, which maintains a more independent line. The Arsenal Supporters' Trust promotes greater participation in ownership of the club by fans. The club's supporters also publish fanzines such as"
"while in the BBC's 2002 ""national intelligence test"" ""Test the Nation"", they were found to be ""more likely to be smarter than any other football supporters, registering an average score of 138"". Famous fans include comedian Frank Skinner, TV presenter Adrian Chiles, One Direction singer Liam Payne, comedian Lenny Henry, actress Julie Walters, actor Matthew Marsden, The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, tennis player Goran Ivanišević, television presenter Cat Deeley, boxers Richie Woodhall and Tommy Langford and guitarist Eric Clapton. The club has published an official matchday programme for supporters since 1905. The publication was entitled ""Albion News"" for many"
"London Olympians The London Olympians are a British American football team based in south London. They play in the BAFA National Leagues Premiership South (2018 season). They were formed in 1984 as the Streatham Olympians and were known as the London O's between 1995 and 2005. They are the United Kingdom's most successful American football club having won the BritBowl in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006, as well as lower Division Bowls in 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997. Aside from this they were 1993 and 1994 EuroBowl champions and were victorious in the 1999 EFAF"
"1990s, first beating Manchester United 3–0 at Old Trafford and then the following season they beat Everton 3–2 with Hall in the squad. Hall retired from football in 2002 while playing for Gainsborough Trinity. York's fanzine Ginner's Left Foot is named in honour of the foot Hall used to score the penalty which secured City promotion to Division Two. Wayne Hall (footballer) Wayne Hall (born 25 October 1968 in Rotherham, England) also known by his nickname ""Ginner"" is an English former footballer. He played much of his career at York City as a left-sided defender and is known for his"