Football Banning Orders Totalling Over 100 Years Handed Out For Disorder at Leeds United and Birmingham City Match

Football Banning Orders Totalling Over 100 Years Handed Out For Disorder at Leeds United and Birmingham City Match

West Yorkshire Police

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*Friday 18 September 2020*

Twenty men and two youths involved in ugly scenes at Leeds United’s match with Birmingham City last year have been sentenced for violent disorder, with the majority sent to prison and given football banning orders totalling more than 100 years.

Those convicted pleaded guilty to their involvement in incidents of disorder inside and outside the Elland Road ground on Saturday, October 19.

Crowd trouble began in the West Stand towards the end of the match, with stewards and police officers responding to the situation.

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