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Man gouged step-dad's eyes after being told football 'just a game' following team's loss

A man launched a drunken attack on his girlfriend’s step-father after being told “it’s just a game” following the Champions League final, a court has heard.

Anthony Griffin appeared at Liverpool Magistrates Court on Wednesday to be sentenced for causing actual bodily harm.

Edward Rattigan, prosecuting, told the court that on May 28 last year, Griffin had been watching Liverpool play Real Madrid in the final with John Ashcroft at the victim's home address in Bootle.

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