Football yobs trash pub
FOOTBALL hooligans allying themselves with Bolton Wanderers trashed a pub during a pre-arranged fight with rival Manchester City louts.
Yobs armed themselves with pool cues and glasses during the brawl in the Railway pub in Darwen, after the clubs had drawn 0-0 at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday, police said.
A man was dragged through a window in the mass brawl and several people needed hospital treatment for cuts and bruises, although no one was seriously injured.
The groups had been in the pub for 10 minutes when one shouted "We're Bolton" and the fight broke out, landlady Gillian Campbell said.
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Some 15 suspects, including four 16-year-olds, all from Greater Manchester, were arrested for violent disorder after the incident at around 6.15pm on Saturday.
Mrs Campbell said she was angry at being left with a £1,500 repair bill.
She said: "They were throwing chairs and knocking tables over. Then someone smashed the front window with a stool and a man was dragged out through it.
"Customers and staff tried to get them out of the pub and one of the girls was hit in the face."
Detective Sergeant Allen Davies, of Blackburn CID, said: "This kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable. Fortunately no one was seriously injured as a result of this."
6:59pm Sunday 23rd March 2008
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CommentPosted by: tax payer, Bolton on 7:19pm Sun 23 Mar 08
Next season it'll be Bolton hooligans v Doncaster yobs.
Next season it'll be Bolton hooligans v Doncaster yobs.
Posted by: markd, bolton on 7:33pm Sun 23 Mar 08
[bold]bSome 15 suspects, including four 16-year-oldsold[/
Hmm. I wonder if they were drinking?
bSome 15 suspects, including four 16-year-oldsold[/
Hmm. I wonder if they were drinking?
Posted by: roundhead, bolton on 7:38pm Sun 23 Mar 08
16 year olds? Must have been the junior whites.
16 year olds? Must have been the junior whites.
Posted by: roundhead, bolton on 7:57pm Sun 23 Mar 08
Was the yob with the pool cue and glasses dennis taylor?
Was the yob with the pool cue and glasses dennis taylor?
Posted by: Themojorityspeaks, Real World on 8:33pm Sun 23 Mar 08
Why would they go to darwen to fight city fans?
no one else think it was either wigan or blackburn fans they where fighting with.
Why would they go to darwen to fight city fans?
no one else think it was either wigan or blackburn fans they where fighting with.
Posted by: RockyRereturns, Bicester on 9:05pm Sun 23 Mar 08
"Some 15 suspects, including four 1
16-year-olds"
Chavs may have well have been 6 year olds.
"Some 15 suspects, including four 1
16-year-olds"
Chavs may have well have been 6 year olds.
Posted by: Cerberus, Bolton on 9:29pm Sun 23 Mar 08
Heard a few whispers LeRoy was involved.
A select handful of the super human MIB took on a combined mob of Blackburn,City and Wigan in what underworld sources are saying is a dispute over a pedigree goat breeding cartel.
Heard a few whispers LeRoy was involved.
A select handful of the super human MIB took on a combined mob of Blackburn,City and Wigan in what underworld sources are saying is a dispute over a pedigree goat breeding cartel.
Posted by: roundhead, bolton on 9:39pm Sun 23 Mar 08
£1500 worth of damage? could have bought a chain of pubs in darwin for that.
£1500 worth of damage? could have bought a chain of pubs in darwin for that.
Posted by: OldBoltonian on 9:41pm Sun 23 Mar 08
[quote]FOOTBALL hooligans allying themselves with Bolton Wanderers[/quote]
I think you'll find that should be "aligning" not "allying"; unless the footballers were actually joining in themselves. Which I doubt.
FOOTBALL hooligans allying themselves with Bolton Wanderers
I think you'll find that should be "aligning" not "allying"; unless the footballers were actually joining in themselves. Which I doubt.
Posted by: RagReader, Horwich on 9:07am Mon 24 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Cerberus[/bold] wrote:
Heard a few whispers LeRoy was involved. A select handful of the super human MIB took on a combined mob of Blackburn,City and Wigan in what underworld sources are saying is a dispute over a pedigree goat breeding cartel.[/quote] Please explain for the people who think the story is about football hooligans.
Cerberus wrote:
Heard a few whispers LeRoy was involved. A select handful of the super human MIB took on a combined mob of Blackburn,City and Wigan in what underworld sources are saying is a dispute over a pedigree goat breeding cartel.
Please explain for the people who think the story is about football hooligans.
Posted by: chas, suffolk on 9:10am Mon 24 Mar 08
[quote]Some 15 suspects, including four 16-year-olds, all from Greater Manchester, were arrested for violent disorder after the incident at around 6.15pm on Saturday.[/quote] I'm all for youth academies.
Some 15 suspects, including four 16-year-olds, all from Greater Manchester, were arrested for violent disorder after the incident at around 6.15pm on Saturday.
I'm all for youth academies.
Posted by: King Kong, Bolton on 9:30am Mon 24 Mar 08
Why would Bolton fans and Citeh Fans travel all the way to Darwen for a ruck? The route is complicated and Darwen is a S-hole anyhow.
I heard a whisper it was Wigan fans in the pub and the local mouthy Chavs started winding them up with Bolton songs, which ended up with them receiving a hiding. That would explain the BN using the word "Allying". If it were Bolton fans, it would simply say, 'Bolton Fans,' but the BN know the truth and use clever words to make a story out of what is nothing to do with Bolton, BWFC or it's fans. The incident could have happended in the country.
Why would Bolton fans and Citeh Fans travel all the way to Darwen for a ruck? The route is complicated and Darwen is a S-hole anyhow.
I heard a whisper it was Wigan fans in the pub and the local mouthy Chavs started winding them up with Bolton songs, which ended up with them receiving a hiding. That would explain the BN using the word "Allying". If it were Bolton fans, it would simply say, 'Bolton Fans,' but the BN know the truth and use clever words to make a story out of what is nothing to do with Bolton, BWFC or it's fans. The incident could have happended in the country.
Posted by: King Kong, Bolton on 9:32am Mon 24 Mar 08
The incident could have happended [bold]anywhere[/bold] in the country. Sorry
The incident could have happended
anywhere in the country. Sorry
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