Football Bus Raid

CLIMPING FC players had a nasty shock at a match at Braypool, Brighton, on Saturday afternoon when their team minibus was broken into and thousands of pounds worth of personal items stolen.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Jan 2002, 12:33 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:52 BST

One man has so far been arrested in connection with the theft after he allegedly tried to use one of the players credit cards to buy a television in Brighton later that afternoon.

Climping FC secretary Kay Weller said: "I felt so sorry for them. All the players were devastated."

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Two windows were smashed and mobile phones, wallets and bags grabbed from the bus during the first half-hour of the Sussex Junior Cup quarter-final with South Central Wanderers after players were told not to leave valuables in the changing room.

Kay found out about the break-in just after 2pm from a spectator, who spotted the smashed windows.

The players were said to have been horrified by what they saw and play was abandoned at half-time with Climping 3-0 down, so that they could cancel their credit cards and contact the police.

Kay said the team was told afterwards that this was one in a long line of similar incidents.

She said: "Apparently, this has been happening a lot over there, but we knew nothing about it. I wish we had been informed about this."

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