Founding location | Leicester |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Territory | Leicester area |
Ethnicity | Mostly White and Asian British |
Membership (est.) | 90-110 |
Criminal activities | Football hooliganism, riots and fighting |
The Baby Squad is a football hooligan firm linked to English professional football club Leicester City. [1]
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 2nd 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]
Founding location | Leicester |
---|---|
Years active | 1981–present |
Territory | Leicester area |
Ethnicity | Mostly White and Asian British |
Membership (est.) | 90-110 |
Criminal activities | Football hooliganism, riots and fighting |
The Baby Squad is a football hooligan firm linked to English professional football club Leicester City. [1]
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 2nd 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]