Two football fans have been given three-year bans from attending football matches after taking flares into a match. During the FA Youth Cup final between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on May 11, which United won 3-1, Andrew Chambers and Bradley Lilliman set off smoke bombs.
Both were later charged with possession of a flare at a sporting event. Chambers, 55, and Lilliman, 18, both pleaded guilty to the charge and were given the banning orders at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (June 28).
Chambers, of Shirland Drive, Mansfield, was ordered to pay costs of £107 and Lilliman, of Victoria Street, Newark, was also ordered to pay a surcharge of £22. Nottinghamshire Police are warning about the consequences of taking pyrotechnics into football stadiums.
