FIVE sports fans have been fined £130 for being drunk at a Darlington Football Club match.
Rushden and Diamonds fans Darren Ashby, 21, Owen Mitchell, 31 and Russel Payne, 27, all of Pratt Road, Rushden, in Northamptonshire, Stephen Filsell, 28, of Willow Farm, Norwich, and Peter O'Dowd, 39, of Abbots Way, Rushden, all appeared before Darlington Magistrates' Court yester- day.
They pleaded guilty to being drunk at the Rushden versus Darlington match, on Saturday, November 26.
The court heard that the men were not aggressive, co-operated with police and acknowledged they were drunk.
They were each fined £75 with £55 prosecution costs.
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