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In the words of the senior cop who brought them to justice they were 'intent on only one thing - violence'.

During the mid-to-late 80s Manchester City 's Guvnors and Young Guvnors were making a name for themselves as two of most notorious hooligan firms in the country. With City languishing in the old Second Division the closely-connected mobs wreaked havoc on the terraces of English football.

But, their burgeoning notoriety also brought them to the attention of the authorities. In the wake of the European ban that followed the Heysel disaster and the infamous riots at Kenilworth Road and St Andrew's, and before the advent of the Premier League and Sky Sports millions, English football was at a crossroads.

Amid pressure from parliament to clamp down on the so-called '

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