Sorry to find out that Kevin Lynch, a former Southport player, has been badly injured in an alleged attack on him. The case is ongoing but it is a matter of public record that one of his alleged assailants is Joey Barton.
It must be about 20 years since Lynch played for Southport. He went on to be manager of Marine, Prescot Cables and City of Liverpool.
I hope he will be OK but it sounds like he might lose the sight in one eye, which would be awful.
I believe the alleged assault took place outside Huyton and Prescot golf course. That place used to be quite picky over who was allowed to have membership. Standards must have slipped if they allowed Barton to join..