NINE Merseyside football hooligans have received banning orders and one man has been jailed after two men were attacked on a train.

The final group of four men were sentenced at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday for their role in the disturbance on a train travelling between Wrexham and Chester on July 7, 2007, after a Wrexham v Liverpool match.

During the incident, two 23-year-old men were punched and kicked, leaving them with facial injuries.

A total of 10 people have been sentenced in relation to the incident. A youth was sentenced on Thursday and a further five men at earlier hearings.

British Transport Police Detective Inspector Steve Lewis said: “This was a completely unprovoked attack on two innocent victims.

“Had two members of the public not intervened, the victims may have received a lot more serious injuries.”

On Friday, John Thornbury, 43, of St Mary’s Grove Walton, who was found guilty of assault and a public order offence, was jailed for five months and received a six-year football banning order.

Lee Charnock, 18, of Westview Avenue, Huyton, who was found guilty of a public order offence, received 140 hours’ unpaid community work and a three-year football banning order.

Ian Sefton, 21, of Churchdown Road, Dovecot, was found guilty of a public order offence and received 100 hours’ unpaid work and a three-year football banning order.

Gary Crook, 18, of Lyme Cross Road, Huyton, who pleaded guilty to a public order offence, received a two-month curfew order.