During the 1970s and 1980s in particular, Chelsea supporters were

associated with football hooliganism. The club's "football firm",

originally known as the Chelsea Shed Boys, and subsequently as the
Chelsea Headhunters, were nationally notorious for football violence,
alongside hooligan firms from other clubs such as West Ham United's
Inter City Firm and Millwall's Bushwackers, before, during and after matches.[80
] The
increase of hooligan incidents in the 1980s led chairman Ken Bates to propose
erecting an electric fence to deter them from invading the pitch, a proposal tha
t the
Greater London Council rejected.[81]
Since the 1990s, there has been a marked decline in crowd trouble at matches, as
a
result of stricter policing, CCTV in grounds and the advent of allseater
stadia.[82] In
2007, the club launched the 'Back to the Shed' campaign to improve the atmospher
e at
home matches, with notable success. According to Home Office statistics, 126
Chelsea fans were arrested for footballrelated
offences during the 2009 10 season,
the third highest in the division, and 27 banning orders were issued, the fifthh
ighest
in
the division.[83]