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POLICE PROBE REF ‘ASSAULT’

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 December 2019

By Robin Jones
POLICE are investigating an ‘unprovoked’ attack by a player on a referee who was allegedly knocked unconscious.
The incident came in the 85th minute of last Saturday’s Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate League Division Two game between AFC Sutton Common Rovers and Sporting 50.
It led to the match be- ing abandoned while the official received medical attention at the scene.
The unnamed Rovers player has since been banned by both the league and his club.
A Met Police statement confirmed: “Officers are investigating reports that a man in his 40...

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