Arsenal firm Arsenal firm There are two Arsenal hooligan firms, The Gooners (a mutation of the club's nickname, The Gunners) and The Herd. The Gooners were a violent football hooligan firm mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. However, the name is now used by most non-hooligan Arsenal supporters. The Herd was mainly active between the late 1970s and early 1990s, it still exists but prefers to stay undercover. The Herd are a violent football hooligan firm and have the distinctive war-cry E-I-E. The main rivals of The Herd in the 1980s and in the present day are West Ham's I.C.F., Tottenham
Stockport County Supporters' Co-operative changed its name to the Supporters' Co-operative after the trust came under heavy criticism from Stockport County fans following their failure to keep the club afloat. The Supporters Trust has since under the "Supporter's Co-op" banner tried numerous times to do various things to help the football club which have never come off. As of August 2013 the Co-op are trying to secure a sale of Edgeley Park from Brian Kennedy and own the ground as well as have it as an asset of community value (AVC) to the town of Stockport. Once this sale happens they ultimately want to