A group of Crystal Palace fans have been found guilty of attacking passengers on a south London train.

The Crystal Palace supporters boarded a train at Sydenham on Saturday September 1, 2007 at 2.20pm and began attacking passengers.

Seven men were charged with violent disorder at Southwark Crown Court.

Two men pleaded guilty, while the final four were found guilty by a jury following a three-week trial last week. One man was discharged.

The six men will be sentenced on December 5.

In total 16 Crystal Palace supporters have been convicted of their involvement in the attacks.

They were arrested during a series of dawn raids at addresses across south London, Sussex and Kent last November.

The train contained Charlton Athletic supporters travelling to a game at Crystal Palace as well as ordinary members of the public including women, children and the elderly.

BTP Detective Inspector Keith 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."

Up to 150 officers from BTP as well as officers from the Met Police were involved in the investigation.

Of the 16 men arrested, 12 pleaded guilty and four went to trial after being charged with violent disorder.

Those already sentenced have been handed prison terms of between 24 and 40 months for what the 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 on match days for up to ten years.

D Insp Bennett said the sentence and the bans should serve as a warning to hooligans that violence and disorder on the railways will not be tolerated.

"Members of the travelling public, including law-abiding football fans, have the right to travel in safety on match days," he said.

"The violence that ordinary members of the public were subjected to on the day in question was utterly appalling.

"These final guilty verdicts are a pleasing end to year-long investigation."

Mick Everett, operations director, Charlton Athletic Football Club said: "This was a totally unprovoked and vicious attack on our supporters travelling to the game and also members of the general public going about their daily business.

"There is no place in football, nor indeed in society for violent individuals such as these, and the British Transport Police should be applauded for the thorough and professional investigation that they have carried out over a lengthy period of time."

Robert Kennett, 46, unemployed St Ann’s Park Road, Wandsworth and Andrew Spicer, 38, a railway worker of Hurst Road, Ashford pleaded guilty to the disorder.

Ashley White, 21, a builder of Foxley Hall, Higher Drive, Purley, Carl Thomas, 40, a musician of Foxley Road, Thornton Heath, Clive Taylor, 35, a refuse loader Marion Road, Thornton Heath, Darren Bush, 39, unemployed, of Woodside Green, South Norwood were found guilty by a jury last month.