Birmingham Zulu Warriors

The Zulu Warriors are a football hooligan firm associated with Birmingham City Football Club.

The Zulu Warriors have many members from different ethnic backgrounds, this is a unique case for most hooligan firms which began at a similar time.

Their main rivals of the Zulu Warriors are the fans of fellow Birmingham Club, Aston Villa. The Aston Villa firm is know as the Villa Hardcore.

During 1999 after a match between Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers the Zulu Warriors were the main focus on an investigation known at Operation Red Card, upon further investigation nine football fans were charged, seven of those with public order offences.

The main rivals of the Birmingham City are Aston Villa, Stoke City, Millwall, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City and West Ham.

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History

In May 1989, during a clash with Crystal Palace, 20 Birmingham fans were arrested and five police officers were injured when fans invaded the pitch at Selhurst Park. It took seven mounted police officers to clear the hundreds of Birmingham City fans off the pitch.

In September 2007 five Birmingham hooligans were jailed for up to eight months and one given a suspended sentence for their part in violence at a match where a steward lost the sight in one eye.

Summary

Zulu Warriors debuted in the late 1980s and the name came from a chant of “Zulu, Zulu” which Manchester City fans aimed at Birmingham in 1982, due to their multicultural following.

The Zulus maintain that they are defending their city from invading firms.

Documentary Series The Real Football Factories captures moments of the Zulu Warriors throughout the years.