The gang of youths who left Oxford's Morris Motors steward Chris Parrott fighting for his life have still not been caught -- and police say it is because people are too scared to come forward.

Mr Parrott was left lying covered in blood after he asked eight youths to stop swinging on goalposts outside the club on March 17.

Mr Parrott after the attack The 50-year-old claims he knows who his attackers are. The police released two teenagers they had arrested in connection with the attack without charge earlier this week.

This came as a blow to Mr Parrott, who is in Tenerife with wife Marilyn, making plans to emigrate.

He only found out the two youths had been released when the Oxford Mail told him. He said: "I find that very disappointing. I am sure it's because people are too scared to make statements.

"Before we came out here I knew they had taken two guys in and they were the two Marilyn and I identified at the ID parade.

"I know where they live and I know what their names are -- but it's not for me to sort out.

"It all happened so quickly and I can only be 50 per cent sure because they knocked me out, which the police say is not enough."

Mr Parrott, who is due to return to the UK on May 13, has been attacked in the line of duty before, and next week he will collect a second bravery award in Birmingham for wrestling a robber to the ground after the offender stole takings from the club in November.

The bid to bring the gang of teenagers to justice has now stepped up a gear with the Morris Motors club committee offering a reward of £1,000 for information leading to a conviction. The money has come from the pockets of five committee members.

Rod Smithan, club chairman, said: "The reward is our attempt to get people who know things to tell the police who they think has committed the crime. We were at the club on the night of the incident and were shocked by the severity of it."

Police have issued a new description of the main offender. He is white, aged 17, 6ft and slim, with a scar on one of his cheeks and a tooth missing. He wore a shirt with 'Barratt' or something similar printed on the back.