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A twelfth man, a former police officer, is accused of offering material support to the group.

Seattle's football crowd is knows as "the twelfth man" because they cheer so loud that the visiting team can not talk to each other.

Cricket teams consist of eleven players plus an extra player in the side called the twelfth man, who serves as a substitute in case someone gets injured.

At the end of Saturday’s opening performance, the curtain calls were greeted with an enthusiastic ovation — but when Speight Jenkins stepped onto the stage, a “Twelfth Man” roar went up that practically lifted the McCaw Hall roof.

An ugly conflict was brewing in the early 2000s when Seattle’s loud, zealous fans began to call themselves the team’s “Twelfth Man.”