A football fan who ran onto the pitch and made a rude gesture at the away supporters when his team scored an equaliser has been banned from going to all football games in Britain for three years.
Jacob Helmsley, 24, darted on the field of play at the Amex stadium in Brighton, East Sussex, to make the “w****r sign” at the Crystal Palace fans during a clash between the rival teams earlier this year.
He managed to get onto the turf to celebrate a Brighton and Hove Albion goal in the dying minutes of the match, then made the offensive salutes to goad the reeling Palace supporters.
