Simon Dobbin, family man and sports fan, but he could be anyone of us

On Saturday 21 March Simon Dobbin, a 41 year old father and grandfather, was one of a thousand Cambridge United football fans who made the trip to watch his team in the local derby match with Southend. After the game Simon and a couple of mates went to a pub on the way back to the station to watch England France 6 nations finale before catching the train home. After 7pm, walking between the pub and the station, they were attacked because they were still wearing their Cambridge scarves.
Simon spent 3 weeks in a coma and is now making very slow progress with life changing injuries, it’s possible he may never be able to go home again. He wasn’t a thug or hooligan, just an ordinary sports fan on his way to the station. And this isn’t really about football, it’s mindless thuggery by animals who use football tribalism as an excuse.
The men arrested at the scene will probably be charged with assault causing GBH. They nearly murdered Simon and certainly took away the breadwinner, husband, father that his family and friends had known before.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Simon-Dobbin-s-daughter-Rebecca-talks-father-s/story-26554707-detail/story.html
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