Football hooligan pair are spared jail after Shrewsbury brawl
Two football hooligans have been spared immediate prison sentences for their parts in brawl in Shrewsbury town centre.
The fight between Shrewsbury Town and Walsall fans erupted in Mardol and Smithfield Road on 14 October last year before the league one match.
Three police officers were injured trying to stop the violence – including one who suffered a broken leg while apprehending Ross Gall.
Gall, 30, now of George Street, Weston-super-Mare, and Paul Walker, 42, of Swains Meadow, in Church Stretton received 12-month prison sentences suspended for two years and were banned from football grounds for four years at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday.
They had admitted violent disorder.
Gall was ordered to carry out 250 hours unpaid work in the community. Walker was ordered to carry out 200 hours and pay £500 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.
