The CCS was never a completely united body. Its casual members often despised the ordinary Hibernian supporters who wore scarves and team colors, derisively labeling them “scarfers” or “cavemen.” The hostility was visible inside Easter Road, where chants such as “Hi-bees and casuals don’t go” reflected a bitter divide between traditional supporters and the hooligan faction. The firm also absorbed some Hearts supporters and Old Firm casuals living in Edinburgh, but those recruits were expected to prove themselves against both their former associates and skeptical CCS members. Younger recruits were organized into groups such as Blackley’s Baby Crew and the Hibs Baby Crew, sometimes under the informal supervision of older hooligans; in some cases, the culture became openly hereditary, with sons and nephews of previous members entering the scene.
By the early and mid-1990s, the old committee structure had largely been replaced by two rival protagonists competing to control the mob and arrange its fights. A later split, driven partly by the formation of a nationwide firm drawing casuals from multiple clubs, coincided with a broader decline in Scottish football hooliganism and reduced CCS activity. The group’s history therefore involved not only battles with Aberdeen, Hearts, Rangers, Celtic and other firms, but also internal disputes over identity, authority, recruitment and whether a club’s ordinary supporters belonged in the same football culture. Authorities later observed a resurgence of organized football disorder in Scotland, with CCS-linked Hibernian casuals again implicated.
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