Article: Security guards keep football players safe

GANG wars have left young people in Hackney so frightened that a dozen security staff and six police officers were needed to patrol the final of a football to urnament.

Some teams were driven to the venue by minibus so they did not have to walk through dangerous neighbourhoods.

Fears surrounding the Teenage Kicks football final underline an explosion in "postcode gang wars", according to organisers. Young people are targeted for crossing the road or getting on the wrong bus.

The annual tournament is run by Hackney charity SkyWay but this year numbers were down from about 400 to 330. SkyWay director ...

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