Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

there were still a few people in the clubhouse when we left at 7.25pm quite a few of them where club staff including Joyce the club doc, coley and jimmy, mick schultz, mark, jeff and a few others. just hope it was none of them that copped it.

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

According to the LET site, neither man had been watching the game.

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

So the only connection to the club was that it occurred near the ground?

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

It happened in the club car park, according to the LET. "It is believed" both men had been drinking locally, so yep, looks like the only connection with the club is an accident of geography. TV news is showing pictures of the ground eveytime they run the story, though.

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

Details on Telegraph site

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

No news on the lad who was hurt?

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

not that i have heard, press are gonna go to town with him being a ref even though it wasn't football related

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

Send him to butlins for a year.

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

the fella who did the beating was a part time ref?!!
the victim was from rishton. poor fella still got a kicking when he was unconsious....bloody coward!!

what was everybody else doing when this poor sod was getting beaten up.....stood there watching!!??

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

Prob no-one else about then, it was a few hour after the match

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

The perp's name is Paul Clifford aged 35, of Eddleston st Accy. he is due to appear at Blackburn Magistrates court.

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

who in this day and age risks battering someone who is battering someone when you will be up at burnley crown before you can say 'vigilante get 12 months'

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

He has appeared in Blackburn Magistrates, No plea was entered to the charge and he was remanded in custody pending a plea and case management hearing at Burnley Crown Court on July 11.

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

Ahhhh 'Cockney' as most people know him by......the guy who was sentenced for a long time for beating his the gf with his cricket bat. Maybe this time he will get what he deserves!

Re: Incident outside the ground yesterday