A DRUNKEN and abusive Grimsby Town fan has been given a three-year football banning order after hurling a torrent of foul-mouthed insults during bad-tempered confrontations.
He turned nasty after being asked to leave the ground and unleashed a barrage of abuse on police, Grimsby magistrates heard.
Paul Shadlock, 42, formerly of Grimsby, admitted being drunk in a sports ground and possessing cannabis on February 9.
Nick Wyman, prosecuting, said Shadlock was drunk and unsteady on his feet while at Blundell Park for Grimsby Town's clash with Telford.
He was escorted out of the ground by stewards.
Outside, he was staggering from side to side, swearing and shouting in the car park, and claiming that he had not done anything wrong and that he just wanted to watch the match.
He was told to calm down but was abusive to a special constable and continued behaving badly while drunk.
He hurled further insults at police. While in police custody, he was searched and a small amount of cannabis was found.
Shadlock later admitted he had drunk six cans of Polish high-strength beer and had been drinking while on the train to Grimsby.
He later drank two or three pints of beer in a pub near the railway station and admitted he was "hammered".
He had a conviction for a similar offence in 2005.
Grimsby Town won the match 1-0.
Gemma Greetham, mitigating, said Shadlock was thoroughly ashamed of his actions. He took exception to being asked to leave the football ground and admitted that his behaviour was unacceptable.
Shadlock, of Lincoln, was fined £100 and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a Government-imposed £15 victims' surcharge. Conditions of the banning order include excluding him from a half-mile radius of Blundell Park when Grimsby are playing, not going to any town or city where Grimsby are playing, except Lincoln, and not travelling on the railways, when Grimsby or the England team are playing, except with permission from the British Transport Police or for work purposes.
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