Sunday League Assault

Published 1st Oct 2015

"Sunday League's all about getting together with mates and having fun - not being assaulted".---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Stockport dad's been talking to KEY103 about the long-term effects of a Sunday League horror tackle.

Stuart Parson's was playing for Emigration FC when Nathaniel Kerr, playing for Longsight-based AFC Gold Cup, jumped on his ankle with both feet, the court heard, in August last year.

Yesterday, Mr Kerr, from Urmston, was jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm.

LISTEN: As Stuart Parson talks us through what happened, the effect it's had on him, and how he hopes lessons are learned: