Robert Williams given football banning order after throwing coins

Robert Williams

Robert Williams has been given a football banning order for throwing coins during a match.

Williams (04/01/1988) was seen throwing coins at spectators during the Rochdale versus Blackburn match at Spotland Stadium.

Williams, of no fixed abode, was given the order on 26 September at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court as a result of his involvement in the incident on 9 September.

He has been given the following conditions:

• Not to attend any regulated football match in England and Wales.
• Not to attend any town/city in England and Wales on a day when Rochdale FC are playing a regulated football match there.
• Not to attend any town/city in England or Wales on a day when the England National team are playing a regulated football match there. 
• When Rochdale FC are playing a regulated football match at home, not to go within one-mile radius of Spotland Stadium four hours before and six hours after kick-off and not to enter Rochdale town centre for the same period.

If Williams is found to have breached any of the above conditions then he will face prosecution.