FOOTBALL hooligans have been jailed over a pre-arranged brawl outside a busy train station.

The fight between Leyton Orient and Brentford supporters took place last May outside Liverpool Street station.

The court heard how the Orient fans, on their way back from a match in Essex, had planned to meet the Brentford fans at the station.

During the brawl, people were punched and kicked and bottles were thrown across the street.

S men pleaded guilty to assault at the Old Bailey yesterday.

Thomas Armstrong, 24, of Woodford Green, Essex, and Stephen Donovan, 20, of west London, were given suspended six-month sentences.

Joel Titus, 19, of north-west London, was jailed for nine months, while Dean Wells, 22, of west London, received 12 months.

David Mitchell, 19, from West Sussex, was sentenced to seven months and Andrew Hudson, 26, from Essex, was handed an eight-month jail term.

All six men were given football banning orders.

Hudson told the court there was "history" between the clubs, dating back to the 1980s.

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