Notorious Chelsea Hooligan Reveals Code of Conduct All Firms Had to Follow

One of Britain's most prolific football hooligans has revealed there was a code of conduct that all firms had to follow, which included a rule on kicking someone in the head.

Jason Marriner, known as 'The General', was a member of the Chelsea Headhunters – a notorious football hooligan firm linked to the Premier League club Chelsea.

Back in 2000, Marriner was jailed for six years and banned from attending football matches for two decades after the BBC's undercover journalist Donal MacIntyre infiltrated the firm.

Marriner and Andrew Frain were filmed organising fights by MacIntyre. They were both described as "dangerous men" by Judge Charles Byers, who said the pair "relished" violence.

Almost 25 years after being jailed and Marriner, who now lives in Thailand, has opened up on his life in a lengthy podcast with Liam Tuffs.

Here, he spoke about a number of subjects, including Spurs being their biggest rivals.

“We’ve had some good gigs with Tottenham,” Marriner added. “Fantastic gigs. But I’ve got to tell you, there’s places, the Grimsbys if you like, and the Birminghams."

Marriner was also asked if the violence ever stepped over the line, which is when he brought up a code of conduct amongst the hooligans – a rule that prevented those involved from getting seriously hurt.

In short, the code stated that hooligans should never kick someone in the head if they had fallen to the ground. Instead, they would "half give them a squeeze".

Chelsea hooligan recalls shocking incident during visit to West Ham

During the podcast episode, Marriner also touched on an incident at London rivals West Ham.

“I remember being chased at West Ham once, I don’t mind (admitting it)," he said. “It was a night game, pitch black, it is dark, bang, kicked the back off my feet. I was tripped over."

Jason Marriner was one of Britain's most prolific football hooligans. Image credit: YouTube/Liam Tuffs

"I have curled up in a ball," added Marriner. "I thought I was very lucky because where they have let’s say half a dozen, they are kicking the granny out of me, if it had been or two of them, I would have got hurt.

"But because there are half a dozen, they are all fighting each other to get at me."