A Newcastle United supporter attacked a fellow fan with a bottle on a train on their way back from a match after a 19-hour drinking session.
Ryan Vaughan was with other supporters heading back from an away game against Tottenham last year when troubled flared. In his heavily intoxicated state, he tried to get off the train with some other supporters in Durham but was stopped from doing so by people who were concerned he would end up stranded.
A court heard matters then turned violent when he picked up a bottle and hit another man over the head, leaving him bleeding profusely from a gash. Now the 23-year-old, of Willoughby Road, North Shields, has been given a suspended prison sentence and a football banning order.
