Sandy Chugg’s admission to being involved in blackshirted, Fascist style protest in Scotland should come as no surprise. As far back as 1998, the Daily Record revealed that Chugg, then 26, was a key member of the British National Party in Scotland.
His politics were merged with his role as a leader of the notorious Inter City Firm of Rangers casuals, one of the most organised hooligan groups in the UK.
He was among a 58-strong group who were detained in Salou, Spain, after they’d organised mayhem and street brawls in Bordeaux, France.
They planned to fight hooligans from Aberdeen, Dundee United, and Stoke hours before the Scotland-Norway game. Police foiled the plot after a six-month operation involving Scots, French and Spanish forces.
In 1990 Chugg was jailed for three years at Glasgow Sheriff Court for dealing in LSD and temazepam.
At this time, a Daily Record investigation detailed how Chugg and a fellow football hooligan nominated BNP candidate Robert Currie who stood as a prospective MP for Shettleston in Glasgow the previous year.
View 3 ImagesChugg was one of dozens detained in Salou for planning a street brawl before a Scotland World Cup game
Their names appeared on the official nomination form forwarded to Glasgow’s returning officer.
At the time an ICF member claimed the group was dominated by fascist BNP members and former members of the now banned neo-Nazi group Combat 18.
In 2000, Chugg was given community service for having a stun gun. In 2011, it was reported that Chugg had a lifetime ban from Ibrox lifted, after four years of exile.
Chugg, of Cambuslang, Glasgow, got the life ban after travelling to Spain to watch Gers play Osasuna while suspended.
View 3 ImagesChugg has previously been jailed for dealing drugs and brawling
By 2012, Chugg was telling the world he was a reformed character – and heading an anti-sectarian drive while a coach for a youth football team in Drumsagard, Cambuslang.
Despite his promises, in 2019 Chugg was charged with being a main player in a mass brawl in Glasgow city centre.
He joined Rangers fans in the stramash with Wigan supporters, who used sandwich boards and metal tables as weapons as they brought chaos to a street adjacent to Central Station.
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Chugg himself was punched in the face but he pleaded guilty to conducting himself in a disorderly manner, forming part of a crowd and engaging with others in a fight. He was jailed for 12 months.