Two NUFC fans have had their football banning orders lifted after being involved in a disturbance which had nothing to do with the sport.
Andrew Ferrell, 39, who played for the Newcastle United youth team, and Liam Webster, 39, were both handed three year football banning orders by magistrates after they were involved in disorder before Newcastle United's game against Chelsea on November 12 last year. A disturbance broke out when a window of the Black and White Bull pub and restaurant was put through, showering Ferrell and Webster in glass as they sat together eating a meal.
After a youngster ran into the pub "screaming for help", the two men went outside and trouble flared - but it only lasted for "seconds". During the incident, no football slogans or chants were heard and the disorder was over and done with by the time police arrived. There were no eyewitnesses and the pub did not make a complaint.
