It was a Tyne-Wear derby which will never be forgotten - but for all the wrong reasons.
10 years ago today, Toon fan Barry Rogerson, then 45, infamously squared up to a police horse called Bud while wearing a scarf over his face.
Newcastle United had lost 3-0 to rivals Sunderland at St James' Park and tensions between the two sets of supporters had boiled over.
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During the outbreak of violence, which shamed the city, Rogerson was captured on film throwing a right hook at West Yorkshire Police’s Shire cross.
Following the incident, the dad-of-one said: "I reacted stupidly. I did not go out to attack a horse. I love animals - I've got three dogs, a fish pond in the back and I feed foxes across the road.
"For some reason people are more upset about the fact that I hit a horse than a policewoman getting hurt. But I would like to apologise to the horse, to all the mounted section, to people of the North East.
"I am on medication and had been drinking, but that does not excuse what happened."
Rogerson, of Hartlands, Bedlington, Northumberland, admitted violent disorder at Newcastle Crown Court and was jailed for 12 months on October 24, 2013.
At the time, Judge Paul Sloan QC, said Rogerson had plenty of opportunities to move away.
He told him: "You stood your ground and attacked the horse by punching it in the head. There was a risk of serious injury, the officer could easily have been thrown from the horse and could have sustained serious injury."
Rogerson was one of seven defendants locked up that day for taking part in the violence. They were all handed six-year football banning orders.
At the time, Chief Superintendent Gary Calvert, Newcastle Area Commander at Northumbria Police, said Rogerson's behaviour had been seen right across the country and further afield, through the media and internet coverage of the disorder.
He said: "His behaviour is clearly unacceptable and he was widely condemned by law abiding and right thinking members of the public for his actions. I’m keen to stress that this shouldn’t be the lasting impression people have of the city of Newcastle and its football supporters."
Although Bud was not hurt in the attack, well-wishers sent him presents to his stables. His force’s mounted section at West Yorkshire Police received messages of support for him on Twitter from concerned members of the public.
Two years after the notorious attack, Bud earned himself a promotion with the Metropolitan Police’s mounted section to help teach younger horses. He retired in October 2019, after 14 years on the beat.
He sadly died less than a year later, in September 2020, after spending his remaining days at The Horse Trust in Buckinghamshire.
CEO of The Horse Trust, Jeanette Allen, said: "Bud had a wonderful retirement, albeit a sadly short one after being taken from us by a fatal colic.
"It is our privilege to care for these incredible animals later in life that along with their officers give so much to our communities and I personally made sure that Bud never saw another football scarf while he is with us.
"We just so wish we could have had him longer, such a brave but gentle boy who remarkably still loved people."
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