Did anybody hear about this - it appeared on my FB page yesterday. Shocking!
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27 November at 11:21 ·
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My husband Edward Gumm was attacked last night. He was with his sister about to enter the Chelsea stadium at 5.10pm on Saturday 26/11.
They entered the stadium through the Brittania Gate and was walking towards their stand. They got as far as approximately the Peter Osgood statue or a bit further along. Ed and sister were walking along and chatting when Ed was then savagely struck from behind by a blunt instrument likely to be a Cosh of some kind on the back of his head and then the right side jaw. He was instantaneously knocked out and unconscious for a few minutes and kept on losing consciousness for a good 10 minutes after that.
Ed suffered severe injuries and was rushed to hospital where he had a suspected serious brain injury which required a CT Scan and potential broken jaw.
Thankfully he did not have bleeding on the brain as expected and his jaw is just severely damaged but not broken.
The head injury received required a number of stitches and he is now suffering with severe concussion.
We are all as a family so pleased he's alive but we cannot believe how such a savage and unprovoked attack could have occurred inside the grounds of Chelsea Football Club.
My husband has been supporting Chelsea as a season ticket holder for 31 years and has never been involved in any form of accident or trouble.
We hope this mindless thug is caught considering the severe distress that this incident has caused to our entire family.
To put this in to context Ed is a loving husband, a wonderful father to 2 beautiful little girls and very close to his sisters and brother and elderly father.
Please spread the word:-
1. We want this person to be caught (The Hammersmith Police are thoroughly investigating this case) so please call Hammersmith Police station if you know anything.
2. We want families to feel safe inside Chelsea Football Club and that decent family people like us don't suffer this awful ordeal again.
Edited 21 minutes ago by Beerqueen
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If you know anything about this please contact the police to rid our game of the filth that still persist in carrying out such abhorrent acts.
Laura Metcalf added 3 new photos.
27 November at 11:21 ·
Please read and share (posting this for a friend)...
My husband Edward Gumm was attacked last night. He was with his sister about to enter the Chelsea stadium at 5.10pm on Saturday 26/11.
They entered the stadium through the Brittania Gate and was walking towards their stand. They got as far as approximately the Peter Osgood statue or a bit further along. Ed and sister were walking along and chatting when Ed was then savagely struck from behind by a blunt instrument likely to be a Cosh of some kind on the back of his head and then the right side jaw. He was instantaneously knocked out and unconscious for a few minutes and kept on losing consciousness for a good 10 minutes after that.
Ed suffered severe injuries and was rushed to hospital where he had a suspected serious brain injury which required a CT Scan and potential broken jaw.
Thankfully he did not have bleeding on the brain as expected and his jaw is just severely damaged but not broken.
The head injury received required a number of stitches and he is now suffering with severe concussion.
We are all as a family so pleased he's alive but we cannot believe how such a savage and unprovoked attack could have occurred inside the grounds of Chelsea Football Club.
My husband has been supporting Chelsea as a season ticket holder for 31 years and has never been involved in any form of accident or trouble.
We hope this mindless thug is caught considering the severe distress that this incident has caused to our entire family.
To put this in to context Ed is a loving husband, a wonderful father to 2 beautiful little girls and very close to his sisters and brother and elderly father.
Please spread the word:-
1. We want this person to be caught (The Hammersmith Police are thoroughly investigating this case) so please call Hammersmith Police station if you know anything.
2. We want families to feel safe inside Chelsea Football Club and that decent family people like us don't suffer this awful ordeal again.
Edited 21 minutes ago by Beerqueen
Formatting
If you know anything about this please contact the police to rid our game of the filth that still persist in carrying out such abhorrent acts.