 Liam "Bird" Meadows, played by Brett Fancy, is a member of Terry Bates's (Nicholas Ball) gang of football hooligans.He catches up with Jase Dyer (Stephen Lord), a former member of the gang, in Walford and attempts to recruit him back into the gang.When Jase refuses, Bird helps Terry and the gang to arrange a car crash for Dee (Steve Chaplin), the man who had sent Jase to prison.