FOUR Crystal Palace fans have been found guilty of violent disorder at Sydenham railway station before last year's home derby against Charlton.

After a three week trial a jury returned guilty verdicts against Clive Taylor, 35, of Marion Road Thornton Heath; Carl Thomas, 40, of Foxley Road, Thornton Heath; Darren Bush, 39, of Woodside Green, Croydon; and Ashley White, 21, of Higher Drive, Purley.

Two other men, Andrew Spicer, 38, of Hurst Road, Ashford, Kent, and Bobby Kennett, 48, of St Anns Park Road, Wandsworth, admitted violent disorder at an earlier hearing.

A seventh man was discharged after the jury failed to reach a verdict on the charge of violent disorder.

The end of the trial means 16 Crystal Palace supporters have now been convicted of their involvement in the disorder on September 1 last year.

At about 2.20pm a large group of Crystal Palace supporters boarded a train at Sydenham station and randomly attacked passengers.

British Transport Police Detective Inspector Keith Bennett said the carriages contained Charlton Athletic supporters as well as ordinary members of the public including women, children and the elderly.

Detective Inspector Bennett said: "A 24-year-old Charlton Athletic fan suffered a broken nose in the incident.

“Several other passengers were head-butted, punched and verbally abused during the fracas.”

During a series of dawn raids at addresses across south London, Kent and Sussex in November last year 16 men were arrested.

Twelve of the men pleaded guilty and the four found guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Friday (October 31) brought a year-long investigation to a close.

All six men will be sentenced on December 5.

Those already sentenced have been handed prison terms of between 24 and 40 months for what a judge described as "mob conduct at its worst".

They've also been issued football banning orders preventing them from attending matches or travelling on the railways for up to ten years on match days.