Two Bolton Wanderers fans have been issued football banning orders after behaving aggressively when a fight broke out after a under-21s match at the stadium.
Leyton Griffiths and Corey Taylor have been banned from all football stadiums for three years.
The disorder started at the Bolton Wanderers Stadium and continued into Middlebrook Retail Park.
It broke out after Wanderers’ under-21 team had played Manchester United under 21s team in December 2022.
Among the fans who were involved in the disorder were Griffiths, 19 and Taylor, 18.
Bolton Crown Court heard police dispersed fans after fighting broke out at the stadium.
The two men continued to be aggressively towards Manchester United fans in the Middlebrook Retail Park, which was busy during the festive period.
They were both seen running towards other fans aggressively.
Michael O’Brien, prosecuting: “The men ran off and Taylor hid inside the McDonalds toilet before police arrested him.”
Griffiths was also arrested.
The two men appeared in court to be sentenced after pleading guilty to affray.
The prosecutor also made an application for a football banning order to be put in place.
Holly Nelson, representing Taylor, asked for this to be the minimum length possible which is three years.
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Judge Abigail Hudson, said: “This was a mob incident which must have been terrifying for people going about their everyday business.
“Significant aggression is shown by both of you.
“Griffiths you are now 19 and you were 17 at the time.
“Taylor this took place the day after your 17th birthday.”
She said to Taylor: “Your presentence report causes me concern, you appear to refuse to accept responsibility for your actions.”
She imposed a community order on both of them to last for 12 months.
She ordered them both to do ten rehabilitation activity requirement days and told Griffiths, from Platt Hill Avenue, Daubhill, Bolton, to do 100 hours of unpaid work and Taylor, from Brook Hey Avenue, Great Lever, Bolton, to do 150 hours.
She also imposed a football banning order for three years on both of them.
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