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    Wales fan 'murdered'

    Wales fan 'murdered' before England match at Wembley

    A man thought to be a Wales football fan has died following an incident before the team's match against England at Wembley.

    The man, in his 40s, was taken to hospital with head injuries after emergency crews were called to an area outside the stadium at 19:20 BST.

    He died in hospital shortly before 21:00 BST.

    Six people have been arrested and police are treating the case as a murder inquiry.

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    #2
    Oh dear!

    Thankfully the game in Cardiff has already been played! Mind you, could easily have beens taffs on taffs.
    Last edited by Chris; 06-09-11, 11:35 PM.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Chris View Post
      Oh dear!

      Thankfully the game in Cardiff has already been played! Mind you, could easily have beens taffs on taffs.
      Yeah, no clue/news as to the details. Not good for football who ever was involved.
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        #4
        Sky Sports said that the six blokes that were arrested were Welsh.
        That rug really tied the room together.

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          #5
          There's a huge swansea / Cardiff rivalry, so I wonder if its something to do with that. Terrible news anyway. Hope they catch the person responsible.
          K ris90210

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            #6
            He died of a heart attack following an assault, apparently.
            Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom- 2 years 1year 0.5 years

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              #7
              If the story in the Mail is true then I have little sympathy.
              Football without Origi is nothing

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                #8
                Originally posted by ChesterDave View Post
                If the story in the Mail is true then I have little sympathy.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ChesterDave View Post
                  If the story in the Mail is true then I have little sympathy.
                  I presume you mean this

                  Football fan beaten to death in fight outside Wembley ahead of Euro Championship qualifier

                  By Rebecca Camber, Simon Neville and John Geoghegan

                  Last updated at 6:52 AM on 7th September 2011

                  A football fan was beaten to death in a fight outside Wembley before last night’s match between England and Wales. The victim, a Wales fan named by fellow supporters as Mike Dye, was attacked just 25 minutes before the European Championship qualifier kicked off. Police were called at 7.25pm to reports of a serious assault just outside the stadium.

                  Cardiff City supporter Mr Dye, 44, was found in the concourse area with serious head injuries. Detectives believe he was knocked to the ground, suffering fatal injuries after a fight broke out with other Welsh fans. Six people were arrested last night, none of them believed to be England fans. The victim was taken to a central London hospital where doctors battled to save him but he died just before 9pm. He was understood to have travelled to the match on a coach from Cardiff with other Welsh football fans.

                  Outside the stadium Menish Huseyin, 29, who works on a stall that sells merchandise on match days, said: ‘It’s really shocking news, most games go off without a hiccup. It’s really disheartening that someone was coming to a football game and being killed. It’s very cowardly.
                  ‘With all the security measures here – with all the police and all the horses – you wouldn’t think that something like that would happen.’ Mr Dye, who worked for Cardiff Council’s highways department, had commented regularly on Cardiff City FC football websites and there were suggestions that he had links with hooligans. Posting under the name Ely Trendy, he wrote in 2009 about a series of fights he had been involved during the 1980s at the height of football hooliganism.

                  He talked about sitting alongside opposing fans and said in 1984 at a Fulham FC match and said he ‘battled to get out in one piece’.
                  In another post he said in Colchester in 1985 ‘our train mob all on there, midweek game about 20 us, fighting like f***’ Last year he was arrested and appeared in court for football violence-related offences. It was not known what caused the attack but police do not believe that any England fans were involved.

                  Police also dismissed any links to rivalry between Cardiff and Swansea clubs.The victim was named on internet sites last night as Mike Dye, although police have yet to formally identify the man. A police spokesman said: ‘Police were called at approximately 7.20pm on Tuesday, 6 September, to an area outside Wembley Stadium following reports of an assault. A policeman stands guard after the match in the area outside Gate C at Wembley, where Welsh fans enteredA policeman stands guard after the match in the area outside Gate C at Wembley, where Welsh fans entered

                  A policeman stands guard after the match in the area outside Gate C at Wembley, where Welsh fans entered. ‘Officers and London Ambulance Service attended. A man, believed to be aged in his 40s, was taken to a north London hospital suffering from head injuries. He was pronounced dead at 8.50pm. ‘Police believe they know the man’s identity, but await formal identification and confirmation that all next of kin have been informed. ‘A post mortem will be scheduled in due course. ‘Officers from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command are investigating. ‘Six people have been arrested in connection with the investigation. Enquiries are ongoing.’ The London Ambulance Service said he had suffered a heart attack.

                  A spokesman said: “Staff treated a 44-year-old man who had suffered a cardiac arrest. Extensive efforts were made to resuscitate the patient and he was taken to hospital.” He was pronounced dead at 8.50pm. A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course.
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                    #10
                    Awful
                    The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

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                      #11
                      terrible stuff. ynwa

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                        #12
                        So that Mail article, and countless others, turned out to be a load of ****e then:

                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15743406


                        Unprovoked attack by an England fan, who has now pleaded guilty to manslaughter, as he was walking through the turnstile.

                        Our media really are **** aren't they.
                        Last edited by calvoboy; 15-11-11, 06:18 PM.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by calvoboy View Post
                          So that Mail article, and countless others, turned out to be a load of ****e then:

                          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15743406


                          Unprovoked attack by an England fan, who has now pleaded guilty to manslaughter, as he was walking through the turnstile.

                          Our media really are **** aren't they.
                          Where does it say it was unprovoked or that he was an England fan?
                          Last edited by Suarez; 15-11-11, 06:27 PM.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by calvoboy View Post
                            So that Mail article, and countless others, turned out to be a load of ****e then:

                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15743406


                            Unprovoked attack by an England fan, who has now pleaded guilty to manslaughter, as he was walking through the turnstile.

                            Our media really are **** aren't they.
                            Originally posted by Suarez View Post
                            Where does it say it was England fan?
                            Likewise, there is nothing on the nationality of the person in this report

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                              #15
                              Read a few things now saying that he was a welshman living in worcester.... it can be dangerous to jump to conclusions like that Calvoboy

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