Pitch invader's three-year ban

Almost 9,000 astonished fans looked on as 26-year-old Andrew Bowles ran onto the pitch during a Swindon Town FC home match against Leyton Orient FC on November 23 last year, and launched an attack on the visiting goalie.
Mr Bowles, of Henshaw Crescent, aimed three punches at Jamie Jones before being restrained by stewards.
The club later released an official statement in connection with the incident and announced the perpetrator would be banned from the county ground “indefinitely.”.
On Wednesday, January 22, Mr Bowles appeared before Swindon magistrates where he admitted invading the pitch during a match, committing common assault and using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour likely to cause fear that violence would be used.
Mr Bowles was made subject to a 12 month community order with 150 hours unpaid community work requirement.
He was also ordered to pay £85 costs, a £60 statutory surcharge and £100 compensation to Mr Jones.
In addition, the court imposed the three-year match banning order.
A spokesman for the club, Tom Otrebski, said: “From the outset, Swindon Town have worked closely with Wiltshire Police on this matter and have been fully cooperative as the legal process has taken its course.
“Swindon Town Football Club condemns the actions of the individual who ran on to the pitch and confronted the Leyton Orient goalkeeper...there is no place at the County Ground for so-called supporters who find this sort of behaviour acceptable and the club would like to remind all supporters that any incident like this has serious consequences not just individually but also for the club.
“The club would like to add that this is an isolated incident. The County Ground stadium is one of the safest in the country and we are extremely fortunate, as a club, to have an impeccable group of supporters whose reputation should not be tarnished by the actions of one individual.”
A spokesman for the Football Association (FA), James Webb, said: “The court imposed a Football Banning Order, which means he is automatically banned by law from entering any Premier League, Football League or Football Conference ground for three years and he will not be able to travel abroad at any time in the next three years whenever the England national team plays a match abroad.
“The FA fully supports any such action being taken being taken by the courts.”