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Chelsea HeadhuntersThe Chelsea Headhunters are a gang of football hooligans who follow the London soccer team, Chelsea FC. Nearly all major football teams in Britain have suffered from violence amongst fans and many teams have a specific gang (called a "firm") attached to that team, comprising of 'hardcore' thugs whose violence is usually organised and pre-medidated, rather than spontaneous. The Chelsea Headhunters are one of many such gangs, but are amongst the most high-profile. There is widespread racism amongst the gang and links to various white supremacist organisations, such as Combat 18 and the National Front. They were infultrated by investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre for a documentary screened on the BBC on November 9, 1999, in which MacIntyre posed as a wannabe-member of the Chelsea Headhunters. He even had a Chelsea tattoo applied to himself for authenticity. He confirmed the racist elements to the Headhunters and their links to Combat 18, including one top-ranking member who had been imprisoned on one occasions for possession of material related to the Klu Klux Klan. The programme lead to arrests and several convictions. See Also BBC news report on an ex-member of the Chelsea Headhunters Chelsea Headhunter programme details from Donal MacIntyre's site
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