Incident outside the ground yesterday
 

Just seen on the local news that a Stanley supporter was beaten up & is in hospital, apparently he saw some bloke abusing his girlfriend outside the ground after the game yesterday and tried to intervene to help her, only for the bloke to knock him to the ground & then kick him till he was unconcious. Don't know who the supporter involved is, just hope he recovers quickly and the idiot who did it gets what he deserves

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Just read about this on teletext... Hope the man involved is going to be ok...:(

Seems police have arrested a 35 yearr old accrington man on suspicion of carrying out the assault. It just goes to show that you're not safe being a good samaritan these days.

Also makes you question what you would do yourself under the same circumstances...:(

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Bad news indeed, AM. It's the lead story on ceefax at the moment. Apparently, a 35 year old man from Accrington has been arrested. Hope the guy who got attacked is OK.

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Depends what is meant by "abusing" his partner...

If it was just verbal, I'd keep out of it. There are too many crackers women in Accrington. If he hit her though then he deserves a good kicking.

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I heard this on century radio this evening. :( Hope the man involved will make a full and speedy recovery. :(

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Hey, the 'incident' happened at 1940..........

twenty to eight!!! Two & half hours after final whistle!!!

I don't think it's 'football related' as much 'drink related!!

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WHY where does it sat it was football related??:confused:

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Think you need to see Wolverhampton Red's link again..... most definately links the incident to Accy Stanley....

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well i hope for a speedy recovery for him.... but do any of us really know what we would do unless we are confronted with a situation... I know I didn't until it happened!!!!

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it was on the news tonight

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god thats awful.... hope the guy makes a speedy recovery

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I got the impression from the news earlier today that they had been in the club at the assault took place on the clubs car park. Can anyone put a name to this unfortunate chap? Is he someone we may know? Is there anything we can do for the chap?

I accept that you can’t intervene in every incident but if this woman was been physically assaulted then I would hope that most of us would do something to help her, that said the assault on this gentlemen sound quiet horrific and we can only hope the perpetrator gets what’s due to him.

I hope his condition improves and that his wounds heal well and soon, we can only hope that there’s not to lasting affect on him as a result of this,

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Whilst the incident cannot be football related, the fact that it happened outside the ground, mud sticks etc etc. Just hope the guy who is in hospital makes a speedy recovery and the guy who was arrested, if guilty is barred from entering any area within a quarter of a mile of the club - for life. This sort of supporter we can do without.

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I didn't read it as the perpetrator being a supporter of the club. I assumed he was just some local bloke.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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Details on Telegraph site

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No news on the lad who was hurt?

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

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Send him to butlins for a year.

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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!!??

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

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

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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'

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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.

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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!

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So, it turns out that the poor guy who was attacked was a Stanley fan, after all. He's facing the possibility of "facial reconstructive surgery". Hope they really throw the book at the perpetrator. :mad:

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Stories like this are very sad.There was some trouble in a pub near me this weekend.A bloke was shouting abuse his girlfriend and threatened to hit her.An older chap,who did not know the couple,intervened and asked the man to calm down.He was then headbutted and woke up in hospital with facial injuries and missing teeth.It's very sad but it seems it's not worth it to be a good samaritan these days and at the first sign of trouble you should walk away.Not easy I know but these days you could be killed for your trouble.It's just not worth it.