Man charged with running onto pitch during football match
Date published: 18 April 2018
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Rochdale v Oldham
A man has been charged after running across the football pitch during Tuesday’s (17 April) game between Rochdale and Oldham.
Daniel Brennan (30/11/1990), of Oldham has been charged with three offences following the incident during the first half of the match.
He has been charged with pitch encroachment under the Football Offences Act 1991, possession of a class A drug (cocaine) and a Section 4 public order offence of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of, or provoke, unlawful violence.
He is understood to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court in May.
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