A MAN accused of attacking a teenager as he played football at a church youth club has appeared before Bury magistrates.

Clayton Branagan, aged 23, of Horne Street, Bury, is charged with unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on the 14-year-old boy in January.

The court heard that the youth needed four stitches to an eye wound. The case wasadjourned until March 20 for committal proceedings to the Crown Court to take place. Branagan was given conditional bail.