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Simon Dobbin RIP

clive
clive Posts: 19,442
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A football fan who suffered horrific injuries when he was attacked by opposition hooligans in 2015 has died.

Simon Dobbin, 48, was left brain-damaged in the assault after a match in Southend, Essex, five years ago.

The Cambridge United fan died in his sleep at his home in Mildenhall, Suffolk, in the early hours of Wednesday, his wife Nicole said.

Mrs Dobbin said he had been "his usual self, laughing and smiling the day before".

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,618
    Tragic waste. RIP
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    How very sad and what a waste of a life caused by 'so-called' football supporters! RIP Simon, my condolences to family, and friends. God bless you sir. 
  • DoctorCharlton
    DoctorCharlton Posts: 2,463

    Disgusting that the perpetrators only got 5 years for it too.

    RIP

  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,347
    RIP
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    RIP.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Horrible, no one should go to a football match and effectively have the rest of their life taken away from them.

    RIP Simon.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,332
    I was not aware of this story. Very sad. RIP.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,592
    RIP
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    Absolutely tragic. RIP. 
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,757
    RIP
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,194
    God that’s depressing. RIP
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    RIP
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,442
    DoctorCharlton said:

    Disgusting that the perpetrators only got 5 years for it too.

    RIP

    Football fan Simon Dobbin, who was left fighting for his life after he was brutally set upon at a football game, has died five years after the assault - just months after the last of his attackers was released.

    https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/simon-dobbin-dies-5-years-after-football-game-attack-1-6894446
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    It's a pity the cowardly s**thouses who assaulted him can't be retrospectively charged with murder. Simon led no kind of life for 5 years and his family must surely have missed out on a lot in caring for him. R I P Simon and all the best to your brave and dedicated family
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    RIP, a reply horrible waste of a life.
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    RIP Simon
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    RIP
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    RIP. A tragic tale
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,142
    edited October 2020
    Tragic story. That's why when I see these old hooligans "reminiscing" about their tear ups it sickens me. Any of them could have been the people responsible for Simon's death.   

    RIP.    
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  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,139
    Terrible and  disgusting. The scum who did this are out walking the streets. About time jail sentences started fitting the crimes.

    RIP
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Algarveaddick said:
    Tragic story. That's why when I see these old hooligans "reminiscing" about their tear ups it sickens me. Any of them could have been the people responsible for Simon's death.   

    RIP.    
    So true - this is the true face of football hooliganism, not all these "Nawty!  Story of the Crew" type books from sad old skinheads who can't believe people don't get drunk and have a hilarious fight every week like the good ol' days.

    Glad it's such a minority now.
  • SoleBayAddick
    SoleBayAddick Posts: 155
    What terrible news, he lived on the other side of the county to me.  It made me sick and angry whenever I saw pictures of him on "Look East". The fact  those thugs got only five years for that is disgusting..
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,030
    Felt really sick when I heard this. 

    RIP Simon. 
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    Lincsaddick said:
    It's a pity the cowardly s**thouses who assaulted him can't be retrospectively charged with murder. Simon led no kind of life for 5 years and his family must surely have missed out on a lot in caring for him. R I P Simon and all the best to your brave and dedicated family
    I'm not sure that's true any more
    Significant new evidence has come to light...etc.  All murder/manslaughter charges are retrospective by definition.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,312
    North Lower Neil said:
    Algarveaddick said:
    Tragic story. That's why when I see these old hooligans "reminiscing" about their tear ups it sickens me. Any of them could have been the people responsible for Simon's death.   

    RIP.    
    So true - this is the true face of football hooliganism, not all these "Nawty!  Story of the Crew" type books from sad old skinheads who can't believe people don't get drunk and have a hilarious fight every week like the good ol' days.

    Glad it's such a minority now.
    All of his attackers were younger than him and most were in their 20s. It's not like there isn't a new generation of these types
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Leuth said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Algarveaddick said:
    Tragic story. That's why when I see these old hooligans "reminiscing" about their tear ups it sickens me. Any of them could have been the people responsible for Simon's death.   

    RIP.    
    So true - this is the true face of football hooliganism, not all these "Nawty!  Story of the Crew" type books from sad old skinheads who can't believe people don't get drunk and have a hilarious fight every week like the good ol' days.

    Glad it's such a minority now.
    All of his attackers were younger than him and most were in their 20s. It's not like there isn't a new generation of these types
    Absolutely but I wonder how many are interested in it due to the glorification of it that's around.
  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,134
    edited October 2020
    Horrible ending to a horrible story. Hope they can reopen the case and those responsible get what’s coming. How can you only get a couple of years for stamping on someone’s head whilst they’re on the floor?

    RIP Simon
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,442
    StigThundercock said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    It's a pity the cowardly s**thouses who assaulted him can't be retrospectively charged with murder. Simon led no kind of life for 5 years and his family must surely have missed out on a lot in caring for him. R I P Simon and all the best to your brave and dedicated family
    I'm not sure that's true any more
    Significant new evidence has come to light...etc.  All murder/manslaughter charges are retrospective by definition.

    A post-mortem examination has shown there was a link between the death of a football fan and the attack that left him brain damaged five years earlier.

    Simon Dobbin, 48, was left unable to walk, talk or move independently after being assaulted by hooligans in Southend, Essex, in 2015.

    Essex Police said it would be investigating "who was responsible for his death".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-58328081

  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP Simon.

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