The Blades Business Crew | Sheffield United Football Hooligan's War Stories | STEVE COWENS 

Thoroughly enjoyed that interview, went up to Bramhall Lane this season with Cov, went on my own and parked in an area not far from the away end.walked past a few home fans pubs and because I was just there for the game was left completely alone and felt under no threat from the home fans, I was left alone and enjoyed my day out.Even though I was told via the Internet that the pubs I passed were strictly home fans, I think on the day I could have had a pint as long as I kept my self to my self. No doubt the atmosphere would change if you were playing the big hitters like Leeds or Newcastle, but yes a good day out... Great Old school Stadium.. And this was a good insight into street culture.

first time ive had that milwall story since it happened glad you mentoned it coz i was there, and your right took us fkn years to get them to believe us.

In the seventies and eighties all the big clubs had a number of firms, ranging from 15 - 100 blokes. They'd come from different areas, be in different pubs before the game, have different fights, some winning and some losing. That's why there's so many conflicting stories. The only club that never got beat by anybody, home or away in their entire history, is Chelsea apparently.

Yessss Cowan's utb fella blades legend

Was at the city game,,remember the dread on John street who thought he was zorro?couple cars turned over if I'm right near cricks?Zulus at Tramway was proper,,

Ahhh brings back memories of the 60s 🤣😄😂 a lesser camaraderie than the military but still a clan. 73+ 🍁Manitoba hunter Blades expat great vid kid 👍s up for this season guys. In the 60s we took 25 coaches to Manchester not 1 came back with Windows. The bus driver was so pizzas off he said next light get off n give em crap but get back on before lights change. I was on back of coach guarding the beer 🤣🤣

I remember Spurs playing Sheffield United at WHL back in 1977. This was the first game of the season and Spurs had been relegated to the old 2nd division. Before the game there was trouble in the Park Lane end, a couple of Sheffield United supporters got chased onto the pitch and ran across the pitch, one of them got caught right by the centre spot, he had his head pulled down and got a kick in the head, I felt sorry for the bloke. That's coming from a Spurs supporter.

I was there against Birmingham I was about 9 year old they was attacking the pheasant pub always remember my stepdad saying you wait here do not move and watched him run to the back of the Zulu's and weiding in to them and disappeared in to the pub the next min United caught up and it was mental I remember him saying do not tell your mother 😂🤣😂

Some proper days at pheasant UTB

Sheff United used to turn up when we, Newcastle, visited sheff wed! Game as badgers unlike their neighbours….!

The most gorgeous Sheffield lass I ever snogged was a Blade Punkette at a UK Subs gig in 1980.

Up the blades 👊

Remember buying the 1st book BBC and meeting Mr Cowans in Sportsman, we had Charlton at home I believe that day. Had a chat and proper down to earth.. Top man!

Always amazes me the amount of weapon story’s .. so much for always fist fights

Love that .. need more stories 😂 legend . From Luton town 🔶

The photo at 7.31 is from a hull v bolton game in the late 70s early 8os.

Book was a good read

Doesnt it piss off your mates if you were to write a book about all the mischief you and your friends got into? I know I wouldnt want anybody to know. Especially after the fact. Just wondering… Solid interview. Seems like a nice chap! He sounds like Sean Bean! 😊

1979-80 Bramhall Lane 16,000, D3 Sheffield United 0v1 Walsall. Walsall had to win to stay up & send Sheffield United down. 5 minutes to go & we had a pen & scored. 2 minutes to go Sheffield United had a pen & mist. It kicked off big time. Our player's had to fight to get off the pitch. Outside the ground it was war, I've never seen anything like it.

Sheff u have a decent mob, put themselves about in the premier league amongst the big boys, respect from yids 🤟🏿

Eh mate back in the day was the Lansdowne boozer one of your main ones ,think it's been demolished .

I thought Chris Moyles was a Leeds United fan?

Remember Lincoln city away,,1881 & Farahs ripped & ruined,, Lincoln had a game little transit elite firm back then,,Loved those days Ste,,Bradford away,,that pub that had strippers on.lol.always fun in Bradford..Caught us at Leicester forest on our way to london,,they still go on about it now..Happy Days..UTB

Why would you be in Camden and say its Chelsea Manor. Totally other side of London!

This guy seems to be on the good side of every story he told

Sheff utd were OK never caused many problems at chelsea in the day not in Leeds or man utd class they were both great hosts and visitors..

Loves himself

You know you have a seriously good crew when the police divert your train and send it back without letting you off. This crew would not be going to the game they where going straight for the opposition territory.

Always remember a mate got beat up in the bogs of the Palais (London Road) by some of the BBC back in the early 90s, it was none footy related as far as i know.

Very brave picking on scarf wearers

I remember the day when 12 derby one Barely one West Ham lad stood against the bbc 150 was it when they tried to take piss I will never forget the face of one bbc top boys given slap and thinking he was going drop me It was like being hit by a fly . You could even take one pub never mind second one you remember has day you came derby all firm and could even take two pubs

against northern firms might of been good but in 20 years never saw you turn up at upton park

These blokes are all the same. Never lost a fight unless outnumbered or oppo were heavily armed.

If you believe everything SC says the BBC were the best mob ever. Look all clubs had lads can’t say I thought the BBC were any more special than anyone else tbh.Helps sells books I guess.

Your forgetting wales wrexham an Cardiff

Years ago I was in strangeways for affray at a match and one day a lad came over ,found out I was from Blackpool this is 80s he shook my hand and said our firm back then was the only ones to come to Sheffield and run the OCS ,I know with this being a blades Chanel it's going to be said Wednesday are fkuk all ,but we know better to cut a really long story shorter I ended up joining OCS when pool didn't have a match ,and one Friday I went over and went to there boozer forgot the name but they were going crazy about two of there lads in intensive care blades got old of em in the week ,anyway around 40 went round to one of blades pubs again I used to know the name ,I believe it's knocked down now ,anyway the lads name Ian Chapman one of wed main lads ,round at this pub him at the front fighting his way into this pub with others ,outside anything that could be picked up was put through boozers window ,meanwhile Chapman's grabbed pool que off this big black fella smashing his head with it ,in the end blades broke out of pub and nearly all the OCS ran and obviously so did i ,was I lucky that night and somehow found my way back to the wed pub ,but the main story from all this was wed away at Liverpool our coach stopped a bit away from ground ,at this big old Irish pub were the season before got smashed by Everton fans ,nothing happened that time but it did at the ground first outside the ticket office 50 of us backs to the wall scousers steaming in ,then obviously I'm with the lads and seeing as my team bpool fc never played Liverpool ,I didn't realise till it kicked off all over we were in kemlyn road ,Liverpool end it was a TV game fight ended up on the pitch ,but the crazy thing back then all police did was make hero's out of you that had gone in the home end ,escorting you to your away end never forget it and the last word blades and wed rite up there with the feircest derbies in the country fair play .

I am 100% BLADE and used to fight away supporters all the time back in 1970-1974 got so much respect for BBC did us proud 👏 C"MON YOU BLADES 👏

UTB🔴⚪⚫⚔

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Aww good old Steve, still peddling those fairy tales about the magical kingdom of 'Business Crew' that has only ever existed in his mind.

The Pigs Noncing Crew You Mean 😂🤣😂🤣

I honestly know that Sheffield Wednesday had a very good firm called the E,B,R,A in the 70,80s best firm in Sheffield to be fair Steve says it him self But in the 90s the old Wednesday firm stated to break up & they New firm was called the OCS it was No were near as good as they old firm the ( E,B,R,A )Sheffield United always had a good firm to be fair the BBC . I ran with Wednesdays firm in the early to mid 1990s but Crime took me away from it all. Then I started to grow up at long last 😂 like we all do. Best Firm that I ever saw in Sheffield Numbers wise was easy Man Utds RED Army ! Good listen that take care from Mark in Sheffield S3 Pitsmoor Owls

Soul Crew were naughty let me tell you.

This fella hasn’t got a clue it’s different worlds we live in .. we are a different breed the British .. these people have no understanding of our backgrounds citys or towns

Cheers...Steve ...remember bbc in town ....Wednesday always been the big firm ...had a few scraps in golden ball with blunts...you and blunts weren't bad to be fair ...I'm not anything to do with hooliganism ..

Anyone remember City v Sheffield United at Bramhall Lane the time of the miners strike the game was 0-0 . Great day out and alot of trouble with us Mancs.

I know a Sheffield Utd fan who's knocking on 60 and really been there and done it as a hooligan and he says The BBC weren't all that and Sheff Utd's serious firm was The Suicide Squad (not to be confused with Burnley). I saw a Sheff Utd mob at Tottenham in the late 80s and they looked the part but got scattered in seconds by a Tottenham firm with half the numbers.

Hooligans disgrace👎Find a boxing gym🥊🥊🥊and try to be H. Graham, Nazzz or Brook🇩🇰

who?

Nothing wrong with getting done it happens leave the excuses out of it !%%

Rip doj. Rip lester. Rip granty. What a firm we were.. No colour. No religion No creed. We were 1 . Family.. Miss them good old days. Memories...

What times your trophy cabinet tour start 😂🤡

I kind of get him in that it is what he and others enjoyed and I knew some but how sad is it. Quite embarrassing really. He should have joined the army if he liked fighting and aggression but I expect he couldn't have handled that. 🙄

What's it coming to when a guy like this can get airtime? these times where the darkest of football, I want to engage with opposing fans not fight them, this has nothing to do with football at all!

Some fight it must have been from WHL all the way to Seven Sisters. !

MUGS

mmm the late 80s monster munch and the boys on the kop, them down the john street terrace

Bet he's never kicked a football in his life

Stop saying you was in a war please.

Oh DEAR!!

Don’t believe a word this man says. Got chased off the pitch at Bristol city then told a completely different story in book. Unfortunately for him he’s on you tube in fancy dress running off with the rest of them 😂😂😂

Grow up.

DON'T RATE EM...Sorry...

About as hard as me dad John stocks he’s bbc

Let’s stay in the boozer ;; we’re on their manor ,, let them come to us ,,, 😂😂,, shithouse

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Pathetic. 🤮

Meh

Got smashed in Rotterdam by Feyenoord.

Grow up

Hooligans. 🤮

Bolton v Birmingham at burnden Park 90's. 12-14 Black brummies ran at 10 of us from t./fold during match, we absolutely leathered them and then they ran off.. Not impressed with the zulus, we can all be hard in a big mob.

That accent for a start tells you all about Sheffield backwards inbreded people lived there 5 years it was enough for me landscapes nice