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POLICE ARREST TWO AFTER ESCORTING FANS BACK TO CITY
11:40 - 06 November 2006
Police had to escort a group of around 50 Exeter City fans back to the city after reports of rowdy behaviour following the club's victory at Woking at the weekend.The trouble happened after City's two goal victory over the Surrey side on Saturday.
Police received reports of problems at Woking train station involving a group believed to be City fans who were travelling home.
The British Transport Police, which posted officers on the train, notified police chiefs in Devon about the potential for further problems.
Police said the fans were separated from other members of the travelling public on the train.
Devon and Cornwall police launched an operation at Honiton station, where the train was due to stop to allow passengers to transfer to coaches, to ensure there was no trouble when the fans arrived back at around 10.30pm.
A number of police officers, together with a dog handling unit, were sent to the station.
The fans were transferred to waiting coaches which were escorted by a police vehicle and van to Exeter St David's station, where more police were on patrol.
Police say that two arrests were made later in the St David's area.
A Devon and Cornwall police spokesman said the force had been notified by the British Transport Police about problems involving fans at Woking station.
He said: "We had reports of problems with what were believed to be Exeter City supporters.
"There were a number of British Transport Police on the train. There was a police presence at Honiton.
"Fans at Honiton were escorted back to St David's, where there was police presence again to ensure the peaceful dispersal of those supporters."
There were a number of postings about the incident yesterday on the message boards of the fans' website www.exeweb.com .
Pete Martin, a trustee of the supporters' trust, who travelled up to the game and back by bus, said: "If there was trouble, it was something I was not a witness to.
"The supporters' trust would want to condemn anybody who was causing a problem.
"We do not want to see anything of that kind connected with Exeter City.
"The vast majority of our fans are very well behaved."
11:40 - 06 November 2006
Police had to escort a group of around 50 Exeter City fans back to the city after reports of rowdy behaviour following the club's victory at Woking at the weekend.The trouble happened after City's two goal victory over the Surrey side on Saturday.
Police received reports of problems at Woking train station involving a group believed to be City fans who were travelling home.
The British Transport Police, which posted officers on the train, notified police chiefs in Devon about the potential for further problems.
Police said the fans were separated from other members of the travelling public on the train.
Devon and Cornwall police launched an operation at Honiton station, where the train was due to stop to allow passengers to transfer to coaches, to ensure there was no trouble when the fans arrived back at around 10.30pm.
A number of police officers, together with a dog handling unit, were sent to the station.
The fans were transferred to waiting coaches which were escorted by a police vehicle and van to Exeter St David's station, where more police were on patrol.
Police say that two arrests were made later in the St David's area.
A Devon and Cornwall police spokesman said the force had been notified by the British Transport Police about problems involving fans at Woking station.
He said: "We had reports of problems with what were believed to be Exeter City supporters.
"There were a number of British Transport Police on the train. There was a police presence at Honiton.
"Fans at Honiton were escorted back to St David's, where there was police presence again to ensure the peaceful dispersal of those supporters."
There were a number of postings about the incident yesterday on the message boards of the fans' website www.exeweb.com .
Pete Martin, a trustee of the supporters' trust, who travelled up to the game and back by bus, said: "If there was trouble, it was something I was not a witness to.
"The supporters' trust would want to condemn anybody who was causing a problem.
"We do not want to see anything of that kind connected with Exeter City.
"The vast majority of our fans are very well behaved."
