West Ham fan 'Knollsy' gives talkSPORT an insight into how he got his black eye
'Knollsy' was among a group of West Ham fans who were attacked by a gang of hooded Ultras as they celebrated West Ham's win in EuropeCredit: twitter:@thomasjrennie
Some of those included families of West Ham players, with images of 'Knollsy' making headlines in the aftermath."If you look at the pictures, there's pictures of me and other guys and we're just mobbed. "I think there's one picture that they've made a canvas of it, and in that particular still I think you can count about 12 guys, they're literally all around me.Knollsy action figure sells on eBay for £6,000 as West Ham fans bid for 'Angel of Alkmaar'
"Eventually just numbers took over and one of the guys managed to get behind me, so as I'm sort of trying to fend off the people that are coming up the stairs in front of me, this guy is just hitting me in the side of the head, which is where I've got the black eye from really."of the 58-year-old was even made and sold for £6,000 following 58 bids on eBay.
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