{"id":2064,"date":"2026-05-18T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:51:53","slug":"jonathan-gjoshe-footballer-recalls-being-stabbed-seven-times-during-mass-knife-attack-on-train-in-cambridgeshire-i-was-drenched-with-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=2064","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Gjoshe: Footballer recalls being stabbed seven times during mass knife attack on train in Cambridgeshire: \u2018I was drenched with blood\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveInsideSportNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/InsideSport1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Inside Sport\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM cLEJmn\">Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sport<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM iTZFOX\">Get our free Inside Sport newsletter<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM iGYpOF\">Get our free Inside Sport newsletter<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/InsideSport1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Inside Sport\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/scunthorpe\">Scunthorpe<\/a> defender Jonathan Gjoshe has revealed he was stabbed seven times<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/news-and-advice\/huntingdon-train-attack-security-police-improvements-simon-calder-b2857475.html\"> during a train attack last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old was among the victims of a mass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/stabbing\">stabbing<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/cambridgeshire\">Cambridgeshire<\/a> train in November. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Gjoshe was travelling from Doncaster to London <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/huntingdon-train-stabbing-london-doncaster-lner-suspect-b2857173.html\">when the assault took place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just sitting on the train, chilling. The train\u2019s done this stop. Then suddenly someone\u2019s come over my right shoulder and stabbed me,\u201d Gjoshe said in an interview with the <em>BBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got stabbed in the shoulder first, that was the first stab. I remember jumping over the table, jumping over the chairs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 lkszbp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/11\/03\/13\/13\/IMG_8110.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/11\/03\/13\/13\/IMG_8110.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/11\/03\/13\/13\/IMG_8110.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jonathan Gjoshe, 23, was stabbed seven times in the incident\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Jonathan Gjoshe, 23, was stabbed seven times in the incident<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Instagram\/sufcofficial<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was just running down the corridor, telling people, \u2018There\u2019s a guy with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/knife\">knife<\/a>, run, I\u2019ve been stabbed, run\u2019. I was screaming. I think I was the first person that got stabbed. I felt the pain. But adrenaline kicked in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I got down the first carriage or the second carriage, I pulled the alarm and I was just drenched with blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked how many blows he sustained, Gjoshe replied: \u201cSeven. Seven wounds. I got stabbed seven times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gjoshe was with Scunthorpe last season and had been loaned out to Bottesford Town, where he had been playing on the day of the attack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 jLGwGt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/18\/10\/2244054228..\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/18\/10\/2244054228..?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/18\/10\/2244054228..?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anthony Williams, 32, was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Anthony Williams, 32, was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->AFP\/Getty<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was announced by Scunthorpe earlier this month Gjoshe had not been retained and the defender is hoping to return to football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s happened, it\u2019s life, thank God I\u2019m alive, that\u2019s the main thing. Can\u2019t look back at it, just got to move on,\u201d he said. \u201cMy main thing was getting back to football, that was the only thing on my mind. Getting back to football, playing and hoping I would get that chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/anthony-williams-huntingdon-train-stabbing-b2875464.html\">Anthony Williams<\/a>, 32, was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder over the incident and will stand trial at Cambridge Crown Court in October.<\/p>\n<p><h2>How the attack unfolded<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 fNUtUV\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/11\/02\/11\/86842e58590ed0003a0cce831705c40aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYyMTY5ODYz-2.82250691.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/11\/02\/11\/86842e58590ed0003a0cce831705c40aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYyMTY5ODYz-2.82250691.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/11\/02\/11\/86842e58590ed0003a0cce831705c40aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYyMTY5ODYz-2.82250691.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"(PA Graphics)\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">(PA Graphics)<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Graphics<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The incident, which took place on November 1, 2025, took place on a London-bound train.<\/p>\n<p>The 6.25pm service from Doncaster departed on time before speeding through the Midlands and into Cambridgeshire, making brief stops at Retford, Newark, and Grantham as planned. <\/p>\n<p>The service was set to arrive at King\u2019s Cross before 8.30pm on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>At around 7.39pm, as the train passed between its scheduled stops of Peterborough and Stevenage, a passenger made a desperate call reporting a 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