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Newcastle United fans jailed for storming Burnley pub

A group of "reckless" football fans who stormed a pub and left a "trail of destruction" have been jailed.

The Newcastle United supporters brandished a pool cue and bar stools at Burnley's Turf Hotel on the day their two clubs met in the Premier League.

They pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court to violent disorder and were also banned from attending matches for up to eight years.

Police said their actions, in December 2019, were "totally unacceptable".

After two of the men - Peter Wakenshaw and Darren Wade - were ejected from the Yorkshire Street pub for chanting and singing Newcastle United songs during the game's second half, they left with a third man before returning as part of a larger group "looking for a fight", Lancashire Police said.