Police arrest five at Ewood Park for incidents during Blackburn v Burnley

Lancashire Police have arrested five people for incidents during Blackburn’s 2-0 Carabao Cup defeat to local rivals Burnley at Ewood Park on Wednesday night.

A man is in police custody on suspicion of assault and pitch encroachment after running on the pitch, and allegedly assaulting two Burnley players and a steward during the match.

A second man was also arrested following an unrelated incident where a flare was thrown from the stands towards the pitch and hit a nine-year-old child who suffered minor injuries.
The Football Association, meanwhile, have written to both clubs for their observations and have also requested footage of the incident which took place as Burnley players celebrated Jack Cork’s goal.

Police also revealed that a further three people were arrested in connection with other incidents that occurred inside the ground.
Lancashire Police Chief Constable Terry Wood said: „I am truly appalled at the behaviour of these few, including the one believed to be from the Blackburn fans who encroached the pitch and thought it acceptable to assault a steward doing his job and two players there to partake in the match.“

There was a huge police presence in and around the stadium, with police lining the streets in the build-up to kick-off, but neither officers or stewards were able to prevent two supporters running onto the pitch after Jack Cork opened the scoring for Burnley.

One fan ran to the visiting players as they made their way back to the centre circle and appeared to push captain James Tarkowski before being tackled to the ground by Ashley Westwood.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche criticised the time it took for stewards to tackle the fan who confronted his players and revealed he almost came onto the pitch himself.
He said: „It seemed a long time before anyone did anything and then our players had to eventually defend themselves, and that can’t be right anywhere in football. We were going to go on because I can’t have that. Not to do anything ridiculous just to say ‘this can’t happen’.

„To think you go to the extreme [of escorting fans] and then someone just wanders onto a football pitch is a bit bizarre at least. The safety of players is paramount.“

Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray did not see the incident but criticised the actions of the fan.

He said: „It doesn’t do anything for our football club and I’m pretty sure the authorities will deal with the people who were involved.

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