ku dhammee oraahdan MacSweeney iyo Randell waxay kala tageen 1979. MacSweeney wuxuu ku dhiiraday punk, wuxuu bilaabay inuu ka shaqeeyo taxane ah "Dowladda Qaranka" Bulletins, oo ay ku jiraan "Colonel B", "Jury Vet", "Liz Hard", iyo "Wild Knitting". Inta badan ficilladan rabshadaha iyo kuwa xunxun waxay keenaan kala qeybsanaan. Peter Riley, waxay yihiin "musiibada ugu weyn ee xirfada Barry". Dadka kale ee dhaleeceeya, oo ay ku jiraan John Wilkinson, Marianne Morris, William Rowe, iyo Luke Roberts, waxay ku doodayeen muhiimadda siyaasadeed ee qoraalkan, oo ah weerar lagu qaaday dowladdii Margaret Thatcher ee Conservative-ka iyo jawaab ka bixinta Maxkamadda ABC iyo noocyada rabshadaha dowladda sida Dagaalkii Falklands iyo Dhibaatooyinka. MacSweeney wuxuu guursaday mar labaad 1983, laakiin waa la furay wax yar ka dib. Wuxuu u soo guuray Bradford 1983, wuxuuna wariye ka ahaa wargeyska
Dab ka kacay garoonka ciyaaraha ee Bradford City sanadkii 1985.