A WELSH football team were shockingly attacked with baseball bats on their way home after a match.
Several players sustained injuries, with goalkeeper Josh Collins sustaining a broken knee.
The horror incident occurred at the Eastern Leisure Centre in Llanrumney on Saturday.
Avenue Hotspur lost 3-1 to Llanrumney Athletic in Division One of the Cardiff & District Football League.
And as the Hotspur players left the venue, they were attacked by bat-wielding thugs.
Collins has sustained “life-changing” injuries and a vehicle was also damaged by a group of masked men.
The 32-year-old is said to be in “good spirits” despite the injury and he has undergone surgery.
Cops have launched an investigation but no arrests have been made yet,
A statement from Avenue Hotspur said what happened was “distressing” and “frightening”.
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