Tributes are being paid to a Blackpool FC fan who died after a mass brawl involving a group of football fans outside a pub in the seaside resort.
Emergency services rushed to The Manchester Pub at the junction of Lytham Road and the Promenade after a fight broke out involving around 15 people. The incident occurred at 7pm on Saturday after the Blackpool FC and Burnley FC match, and police believe the fracas involved a number football fans.
Officers were already in the area as part of their patrols following the Lancashire derby. When they arrived at the pub shortly after 7pm, they found a man - now named as Tony Johnson - had suffered a serious head injury.
