Forest Owner Offers To Help Fans After Train Attack

Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis says he will money nan aesculapian attraction of immoderate of nan club's fans caught up successful a wide stabbing incident connected a train connected Saturday.

Passengers travelling from Doncaster to London were attacked by 2 men, pinch Forest saying "many of our London-based supporters were travelling location connected that train" pursuing a location crippled against Manchester United.

Eleven group were injured and received infirmary curen and 2 of them stay successful a life-threatening condition.

"Everyone astatine Nottingham Forest is shocked and profoundly saddened by what happened," said Marinakis.

"The courageousness and selflessness shown by our supporters connected that train represents nan very champion of humanity and nan very champion of our club's community.

"We will make judge immoderate protagonist caught up successful this incident receives immoderate financial support they require to alteration them to entree nan champion imaginable aesculapian attraction arsenic they recover.

"Our thoughts and prayers are pinch each those affected."

Alistair Day was connected nan train erstwhile nan onslaught took place, having attended Forest's 2-2 tie pinch Manchester United.

"I was conscionable by nan buffet car. It was odd. I was astatine nan extremity of nan carriage, each these kids were moving up and I thought it was for illustration a prank - Halloween aliases students," said Day, who was travelling backmost to Hertford.

"Then they're getting louder and louder, immoderate sorts of group pinch humor connected them [appeared] and I thought, 'Oh, bloody hell, this is not good'."

In a statement, nan nine said it "wishes to definitive its deepest interest and heartfelt sympathy to each those affected by nan shocking onslaught connected an LNER train bound for London yesterday evening".

"Many of our London-based supporters were travelling location connected that train pursuing our lucifer astatine nan City Ground, and our thoughts are very overmuch pinch everyone caught up successful specified a distressing incident," added Forest.

"The nine is alert that galore individuals demonstrated bonzer bravery which undoubtedly helped forestall moreover greater harm.

"The full Nottingham Forest family stands firmly down them arsenic they retrieve from nan events of yesterday."