Gangs organise fight at Rochford rail station on Facebook (From Echo)
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Gangs organise fight at Rochford rail station on Facebook
6:30am Wednesday 10th February 2010 in
TWO groups of teenagers met for an organised fight at Rochford railway station.
The pre-arranged punch-up involved up to 50 youths who are believed to have set it up through Facebook.
It left a 16-year-old in hospital after he was hit in the face with a glass bottle. The boy, who is from Rochford, had to have stitches for his injuries.
British Transport Police believe that members of one of the groups are from Southend and that they travelled to Rochford from Prittlewell at around 8.30pm on Friday January 29.
The other group involved is believed to be predominately from the Rochford area and arrived at the station at about 9pm.
Anyone with information should call British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 and quote incident number 583 of 29 January.
Information can also be passed to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Comments(9)
evilc
says...
5:52pm Tue 9 Feb 10
In truth if these Gladiators agree to meet like that for a fight they must expect someone will get hurt.
I feel certain that if they were to do it properly they could hold it in a stadium and charge people to watch. and there would be thousands that would, all proceeds could go to charity.
leighman
says...
11:41am Wed 10 Feb 10
Missy44
says...
2:41pm Wed 10 Feb 10
Sh*t for brains the lot of them.
The only casualties here are the over worked A&E dept in Southend and the local police resources.
Essexboy1892
says...
3:53pm Wed 10 Feb 10
VocalVoice
says...
4:40pm Wed 10 Feb 10
Essexboy1892 wrote:Hmmmm you from Southend by anychance or just anti Rochford youths??
Hardly an organised fight and arranged on Facebook? I'd say it's more like some Rochford youths looking for a fight (coz they think they're hard and bigmen) but getting scared and running away when some older Southend boys come off the train to go to a party. Makes me laugh to be honest.
Whatever the police try to do kids will always fight, it happened when I was young and will always happen.
As it was said before the only real casualties are the A&E staff who have to pick up the pieces.
Maybe as Southend are playing so bad at the moment the stadium should be turned into a giant arena for angry kids to vent their pubesant rage :O)
Isaac Hunt
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6:38pm Wed 10 Feb 10
Essexboy1892
says...
8:55pm Wed 10 Feb 10
VocalVoice wrote:Erm i am a bit of both lol .. i know who the Rochford lot were and all of them just think they are the "badermen from Essex". My guess is these 15/16 year olds were drunk and asking for trouble and trouble is what they got. If they go looking for a fight they will obviously get one and they obviously picked on a older group who battered them up like cod.
Essexboy1892 wrote: Hardly an organised fight and arranged on Facebook? I'd say it's more like some Rochford youths looking for a fight (coz they think they're hard and bigmen) but getting scared and running away when some older Southend boys come off the train to go to a party. Makes me laugh to be honest.Hmmmm you from Southend by anychance or just anti Rochford youths?? Whatever the police try to do kids will always fight, it happened when I was young and will always happen. As it was said before the only real casualties are the A&E staff who have to pick up the pieces. Maybe as Southend are playing so bad at the moment the stadium should be turned into a giant arena for angry kids to vent their pubesant rage :O)
essexboi1989
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7:16am Tue 23 Feb 10
Isaac Hunt wrote:not every young person is a violent, destructive yob you know
Bunch of stupid twonks - just like the rest of our useless yoof.
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essexboi1989 says...
5:26pm Tue 9 Feb 10