A 16-year-old football fan was stopped by police and arrested in a pub for possessing an offensive weapon prior to West Bromwich Albion's nasty FA Cup clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Play in the Black Country FA Cup derby at The Hawthorns was suspended for more than half an hour after trouble flared in the stands and fans spilled onto the pitch.
But it has now been revealed that of the six arrests made thus far by West Midlands Police, one of them came in a pub before the game, with the teenager stopped and searched in a pub.
Those arrested were:
A 16-year-old held on suspicion of an offensive weapon after he was stopped by officers using Section 60 stop and search powers in a pub before the game
A 29-year-old man arrested for affray after violence in one of the stands
A 24-year-old man arrested for violent disorder after pushing towards officers
A 33-year-old man arrested for violent disorder and assaulting police officers after pushing one officer to the floor and kicking out at another
A 34-year-old man arrested on suspicion of a public order offence after picking up a corner flag and brandishing it as a weapon
A 58-year-old man arrested for assaulting a police officer after throwing punches at officers.
'What we saw yesterday was completely unacceptable violence directed at both fans and officers, which sadly led to the suspension of the game,' Chief Inspector Tim Robinson, of West Midlands Police's football department, said on Monday.
'No football fan wants to see that. It's important to stress however that it was very much a minority of fans involved in the trouble, and the vast majority of supporters were a credit to their clubs.
'Our policing operation was very much targeted against those who we know or suspect are
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