The Cardiff City Soul Crew (Commonly known as the Soul Crew) are a notorious football hooligan firm associated with the Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 football club, Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

. Over the past decade the Soul Crew have become one of the biggest and most active football firms in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Background

The Soul Crew name was adopted by hooligan followers of Cardiff City in the 1970s. It comes from the small number of aspirant skinhead hooligans that had an enthusiasm for soul music. They were featured in the 2002 documentary series, Hooligans on BBC

BBC

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11 suspected members of the Soul Crew were detained before the start of an FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 replay against Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

 at Ninian Park

Ninian Park

Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship...

 in February 1998. Riot police had to be drafted in at the end of the game to prevent further outbreaks of violence.

See also

• Casuals
  Casuals
  The casual subculture is a subsection of association football culture that is typified by football hooliganism and the wearing of expensive European designer clothing. The subculture originated in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s when many hooligans started wearing designer labels and...
  
  
• Football hooliganism
  Football hooliganism
  Football hooliganism, sometimes referred to by the British media as the English Disease, is unruly and destructive behaviour—such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation—by association football club fans...
  
  
• List of hooligan firms
• Hooliganism
  Hooliganism
  Hooliganism refers to unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behaviour. Such behaviour is commonly associated with sports fans. The term can also apply to general rowdy behaviour and vandalism, often under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs....
  
  
• Millwall Bushwackers
  Millwall Bushwackers
  The Millwall Bushwackers are a hooligan firm associated with Millwall F.C..-Background:The original firm associated with Millwall was known as F-Troop....
  
  
• The Muckers
  The Muckers
  The Muckers are a football hooligan firm linked to the football club Blackpool F.C. They take their name from the word mucker, a colloquialism meaning good friend....
  
  
• Aston Villa Hardcore
  Aston Villa Hardcore
  Aston Villa Hardcore is a football hooligan firm associated with the Premier League club Aston Villa, based in Birmingham, England.-Background:...