Jeff Marsh
Jeff Marsh is the founder of the Welsh Defence League.[1] He is also an administrator of the Scottish Defence League's Facebook group where he uses the Pseudonym "Joe Cardiff"[2][3].
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Football hooliganism
According to the Amazon profile for his book, Soul Crew Seasiders, Marsh grew up on Barry Island near Cardiff, where he became a member of Cardiff City's Soul Crew hooligan gang.[4]
According to Hope Not Hate, Marsh is a Cardiff City supporter and has been jailed three times for violence, including a two-year sentence for stabbing two Manchester United fans.[5]
The Times reports that Marsh has a degree in criminal justice.[6]
Anti-Muslim groups
Marsh is the leader of Casuals United according to The Times, which reports that the organisation was formed following an Islamist protest at the Royal Anglian Regiment homecoming parade in Luton in March.[7]
Violence erupted at an English Defence League protest in Birmingham in August 2009 at which the Welsh Defence League and Casuals United were represented. Marsh told Wales on Sunday the following week: "Hooligans from rivals clubs are uniting on this and it is like a ready-made army."[8]
- “It is not in our interests to go out and cause riots because we will get arrested and hit with Asbos,” he said.
- “We do not look for violence but former football hooligans are able to defend themselves against trouble and are not afraid to protest when being pelted with missiles – like what happened in Birmingham.”[9]
External Resources
- Richard Bartholomew, Hooligan Memoir of “Casuals United” Organiser, Bartholomew's Notes on Religion, 11 July 2009.
Publications
Books
- Soul Crew Seasiders, Mashed Swede Project, 2007.
- The Trouble with Taffies: The Welsh Hooligan Gangs, Head-Hunter Books, 2 April 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Robert Booth, Matthew Taylor and Paul Lewis, English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets, The Guardian, 12 September 2009.
- ↑ Joe Cardiff's Facebook Page,Joe Cardiff adds comment "they butchered what I said fair play" on Newspaper Article interview with Jeff Marsh, Facebook, Accessed 08-March-2010
- ↑ Joe Cardiff's Facebook Page, Photograph of Interview with Jeff Marsh, Facebook, Accessed 08-March-2010
- ↑ Soul Crew Seasiders, amazon.co.uk, accessed 27 October 2009.
- ↑ Nick Lowles, Businessman bankrolls 'street army'- Key Figures, Hope Not Hate, October 2009.
- ↑ Russell Jenkins, Former football hooligans regroup in far-Right Casuals United, The Times, 13 August 2009.
- ↑ Russell Jenkins, Former football hooligans regroup in far-Right Casuals United, The Times, 13 August 2009.
- ↑ Tim Lewis, ‘Army’ made of former football hooligans, Wales on Sunday, 16 August 2009.
- ↑ Tim Lewis, ‘Army’ made of former football hooligans, Wales on Sunday, 16 August 2009.
