Thugs in station clash banned from matches
These are the faces of 15 hooligans who have been banned from matches after trouble flared before an FA Cup match between Shrewsbury Town and Walsall FC.
Pictured in our gallery below are the faces of 15 hooligans who have been banned from matches after trouble flared before an FA Cup match between Shrewsbury Town and Walsall FC.
See their photos below.
Gary Hotchkiss, pictured right, yesterday admitted a charge at Walsall Magistrates Court of using threatening abusive and insulting behaviour towards others with intent to cause those persons to believe unlawful violence would be used.
He was among a group of Shrewsbury supporters who clashed with rival fans at Tame Bridge Parkway Station on November 10 last year.
The incident was captured on CCTV as the groups headed for an FA Cup match between Shrewsbury Town and the Saddlers at Banks's Stadium.
Mr Jason Corden-Bowen, prosecuting, said Hotchkiss, aged 26, was spotted on camera by British Transport Police during an altercation between rival fans. He initially denied the charge, but later changed his plea.
A total of 14 other supporters had already been dealt with by the courts in relation to the same incident before yesterday's hearing.
Mr Corden-Bowen said the group caught a train from Birmingham city centre, escorted by police, where they had been drinking and got off at Tame Bridge before a confrontation with rival fans took place in the nearby Walsall Road.
The thugs involved how now been banned from British footie grounds for a total of more than 50 years between them.nextpage
Matthew Wright, aged 22, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Richard Perks, aged 29, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Shaun Peach, aged 20, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Luke Suter, aged 20, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Phillip Butler, aged 24, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Nicholas Rogers, aged 21, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Paul Frost, aged 22, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Mark Hadlington, aged 20, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Steven Fox, aged 24, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Craig Butler, aged 24, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Karl Varden aged 22, from Wednesbury.nextpage
Daniel Holmes, aged 22, from Wednesbury.nextpage
Gary Hotchkiss, aged 25, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
Steven Mackett, aged 22, from Shrewsbury.nextpage
James Blackburn, aged 22, from Shrewsbury.
