TWO more North-East soccer hooligans have been banned from the Euro 2004 finals.

In a civil case brought by Cleveland Police, Mark Pallister and Gary Bolton were yesterday barred from Portugal and also from entering football grounds worldwide.

A district judge sitting at Teesside Magistrates' Court said he was satisfied the cases against the pair were proved in that they contributed to disorder at football grounds in the UK.

Last week, the notorious soccer yob nicknamed "The Belly of Brussels" was also banned from Euro 2004.

Twenty-stone Lee "Oathead" Owens, a 38-year-old father-of-three, of Nolan House, Stockton, was branded a violent thug hell-bent on causing chaos at soccer matches nationwide.

Yesterday,Pallister, 32, of Hillside Road, Norton, near Stockton, was banned under the same ruling for the next two-and-a-half years. He was not at court to contest the action. He was also ordered to pay £450 court costs.

Bolton, 35, of Biddick Close, Stockton, was also banned under the same order for two and a half years. He too had to pay £450 costs.

Detective Sergeant Ian Fawcett, of Cleveland Police's football intelligence unit, had compiled a dossier relating to matches all three men had attended and where trouble had flared.

Pallister had been involved in incidents dating back to 1996 and Bolton to 1994.

The violence included fights at Tottenham, Hull, Wigan and Fulham, where officers in riot gear were called in to contain the trouble.

The pair are banned from England games worldwide. They are further not allowed to enter Middlesbrough four hours before and six hours after home match kick-off times and the same with any town or city where Middlesbrough are playing away.

They are further banned from entering any town or city where England are playing for four hours before and six hours after kick-off.

After the case, Det Sgt Fawcett said: "This sends a further message out to those people hellbent on causing trouble at football matches that it won't be tolerated.

"More people can expect knocks on their doors so we can put a stop to their violent behaviour."