THE VICTIMS of a racist hooligan who confronted football club players and staff say they are in fear of future attacks.

MK Dons club coach Danny Butterfield and fitness and conditioning coach Matthew Willmott were attacked at their hotel in East Grinstead following a match against Crawley Town last season.

When they were relaxing in the hotel, drunk electrician Joshua Alcock launched a tirade of racist abuse against Mr Butterfield, and punched Mr Willmott.

It has left Mr Butterfield, a former Crystal Palace stalwart, feeling “paranoid” when on away match trips.

Meanwhile Mr Willmott needed surgery from the punch, and has had a metal plate fitted.

Alcock grabbed Butterfield and shouted racist abuse at him, and also spouted slurs against hotel manager Marcin Klaus.

Alcock, 27, of Greenside, Crawley Down, was jailed for 16 months at Lewes Crown Court after admitting grievous bodily harm on Mr Willmott, racially aggravated assault on Mr Butterfield, and racially aggravated harassment on Mr Klaus.

After the incident Mr Willmott said: “This attack took me by surprise, I did not see it coming at all.

“It caused huge damage, I’ve had to have treatment and a metal plate in my nose and eye socket, causing severe physical pain.

“There is some numbness even now. I don’t know if this will be permanent. I had double vision in my eye for some time. Even simple things like brushing my teeth are not easy.”

Meanwhile after the attack Mr Butterfield, who is now a player coach at MK Dons, fears that Alcock could seek revenge for the incident being reported to the police in November last year.

He said: “It has left me feeling paranoid when I am on a night out with friends. I am scanning around keeping an eye on what is around me, I’m terrified that someone will attack us without reason or provocation.

“Matt was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, it was completely unprovoked and it could easily have been me or anyone else in the group.”

Finally, Marcin Kraus said: “When Joshua Alcock used racist language towards me it made me feel unwanted as a person because of where I come from.

“He does not consider me equal. I can’t punch back as I would get into trouble, he was swinging punched and trying to hit me. I don’t want to get attacked at work.”