An Aldi worker could be banned from football matches after she launched a flare at a referee.
Abbie-Leigh Reay was arrested after she grabbed the missile and threw it toward the referee and goalkeeper after her team Tranmere Rovers went 3-0 down in a pivotal League Two match against Forest Green Rovers last season. As the flare landed next to referee Lee Swabey and Forest Green goalkeeper Luke McGee, CCTV managed to capture Reay as she threw her arms up in celebration.
Police later stopped the 23-year-old as she left Prenton Park stadium after the team were battered 4-0 in the top-of-the-table clash. At Sefton Magistrates Court, Reay of New Chester Road, Bebington, denied the charge of throwing a missile onto a football playing area under the Football (Offences) Act 1991 but she was convicted after the trial.
