He got his first in March 2005, which expired on March 1 2007 and just two days later, he was involved in bother again.

But now Hutchison has been exposed as a predatory paedophile after a court lifted reporting restrictions over his crimes. Other technology was also used to nail the gang members who were caught on CCTV cameras fleeing the scene after the clash. This week saw the end of two years of court hearings which dealt with the last of the 35 arrested after the brawl on North Shields Ferry Landing in March 2000.

Legend

In 2011, bans from football games, community service hours, and fines were given to a bunch of Seaburn Casuals ringleaders, instigators, and participants who took part in 2009 clash between the Seaburn Casuals and Newcastle fans. While the police managed to detain Newcastle fans who were ambushing the arriving trains of Sunderland fans at the Central Station, they struggled to contain the Sunderland fans who arrived later. [8] See also [ edit ] Sunderland AFC used to be noted for football hooliganism. At the end of the 1999–2000 season, Sunderland topped the hooliganism table in the Premier League, with 223 fans arrested that season. [7] Altercations with the Newcastle Gremlins [ edit ] Two rival groups of soccer yobs clashed in a bloody battle which police compared to scenes from the film Braveheart. After this rumour came out he left the Newcastle football scene,” he said. “I think it’s safe to say he hasn’t shown his face in Newcastle city centre for the last three years and no one really saw or heard from him. I think that’s how he started following Gateshead. Because he wasn’t welcome at Newcastle.”

We found the boozer and one of our lot told us that Leicester fans were drinking around the corner, so 20 of us walked around there.

He was spotted at the bar with his son Liam, 23, Bine, 45, and others including Mark Mennim, who has a long history of football-related violence. I have known him for a lot of years through going to football games,” he said. “He just seemed like one of the lads, he was as normal as you get. He wasn’t a football hooligan, but he was a regular. He went to home and away games, so most people knew him.” A variety of jail and other sentences were handed down to 25 others, while sentence against a further two men was adjourned. And when trouble flared, Short was seen with his hood up, leading a group of Toon yobs towards the bus containing their opponents. Officers had to draw and hit out with batons to keep their opponents in the vehicle. This is not a time to reflect on any differences, just to respect the fact that both sides went for it on a day when they were not playing each other."

In March 2007, Hird was part of a gang that accosted a group of Middlesbrough fans who arrived in Newcastle city centre. He said: “This is an honest account. There are a lot of false stories out there and a lot of the lads have thought it was about time we set the record straight. It is a social history of something that has been part of our city for the last 45 years.”

Pictures showed him at the front of a mob, many with hoods and scarves covering their faces, walking towards the Seven Stars pub, where two minibuses of Stoke supporters were waiting.