Jonathan Gjoshe, who was released by Scunthorpe United earlier this month, was one of the victims of a mass stabbing on a train last year
Jonathan Gjoshe, who was released by Scunthorpe United earlier this month, was one of the victims of a mass stabbing on a train last yearFormer Scunthorpe defender Jonathan Gjoshe has spoken out about being 'stabbed seven times' during a horrifying attack on a train last year.on a Cambridgeshire train in November.
Gjoshe had been travelling from Doncaster back to London when he found himself caught up in the terrifying ordeal.
"I was just sitting on the train, chilling. The train's done this stop.
Then suddenly someone's come over my right shoulder and stabbed me," Gjoshe recounted in a"I got stabbed in the shoulder first, that was the first stab. I remember jumping over the table, jumping over the chairs. I was just running down the corridor, telling people, 'There's a guy with a knife, run, I've been stabbed, run'. I was screaming.
I think I was the first person that got stabbed. I felt the pain. But adrenaline kicked in.
" He continued: "As I got down the first carriage or the second carriage, I pulled the alarm and I was just drenched with blood. " When quizzed on the number of times he was struck, Gjoshe confirmed: "Seven. Seven wounds. I got stabbed seven times.
"At the time of the attack, Gjoshe was on loan at Bottesford Town from Scunthorpe. The club confirmed earlier this month that he would not be kept on, but the determined defender has his sights set on a comeback to the sport.
"It's happened, it's life, thank God I'm alive, that's the main thing. Can't look back at it, just got to move on," he said.
"My main thing was getting back to football, that was the only thing on my mind. Getting back to football, playing and hoping I would get that chance.
"Anthony Williams, 32, faces 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident and is due to stand trial at Cambridge Crown
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