Hunt for soccer thugs who attacked couple on train
By fiona firth A COUPLE were attacked on a train after asking rowdy Sheffield football fans not to swear.
A 59-year-old woman and her 69-year-old partner were left badly bruised after being punched by men, believed to be Sheffield Wednesday supporters.
Police have released CCTV pictures in the hope of tracing those involved in the “mindless attack”.
The incident happened on a London St Pancras to Sheffield train after last Saturday’s Sheffield Wednesday game at Queens Park Rangers.
About six men, believed to be Sheffield Wednesday supporters because they were singing Owls songs, were behaving rowdily on Coach F.
At about 8.25pm, when the train was between the St Pancras and Kettering stations, the woman asked the men not to swear and was then punched by one of them. Her partner tried to intervene and was then punched in the head.
The alarm was raised at Kettering station but the group of men quickly left the train before police arrived.
The woman was left with severe bruising to her arm and her partner was left with bruising to his arm and his head. Both are recovering from their injuries at home in Leicester.
Supt Martin Hemingway, from South Yorkshire Police, said: “We are working with both the British Transport Police and the club to identify those responsible.
“This type of incident is rare but here we have seen football hooligans sink to new depths.
“If anyone can give us any information or identify the people in the photographs, we urge them to come forward.”
Contact PC Tom Carr at South Yorkshire Police on 0114 252 3366, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Police have released CCTV pictures in the hope of tracing those involved in the “mindless attack”.
The incident happened on a London St Pancras to Sheffield train after last Saturday’s Sheffield Wednesday game at Queens Park Rangers.
About six men, believed to be Sheffield Wednesday supporters because they were singing Owls songs, were behaving rowdily on Coach F.
At about 8.25pm, when the train was between the St Pancras and Kettering stations, the woman asked the men not to swear and was then punched by one of them. Her partner tried to intervene and was then punched in the head.
The alarm was raised at Kettering station but the group of men quickly left the train before police arrived.
The woman was left with severe bruising to her arm and her partner was left with bruising to his arm and his head. Both are recovering from their injuries at home in Leicester.
Supt Martin Hemingway, from South Yorkshire Police, said: “We are working with both the British Transport Police and the club to identify those responsible.
“This type of incident is rare but here we have seen football hooligans sink to new depths.
“If anyone can give us any information or identify the people in the photographs, we urge them to come forward.”
Contact PC Tom Carr at South Yorkshire Police on 0114 252 3366, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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