A football fan who tattooed 'I love Peter Crouch' on his bum has been given a five-year match ban for "unruly behaviour."
Jack Heath, 20, has been banned because of "persistent unacceptable behaviour at both home and away fixtures in recent years," the Stoke Sentinel reported.
The order will also prevent him from "associating" with fellow fans on match days in the geographical exclusion zones.
He was found to have "caused or contributed to violence or disorder" while at Stoke City games, and now cannot attend any football match here in the U.K or abroad.
He will have to surrender his passport when England play away games and is prevented from watching England play at Wembley stadium.
Jack is a huge Stoke City fan, having even tattooed 'I love Peter Crouch' on his bum, referring to the professional footballer who played for the team between 2011 and 2019.
He revealed that he got the tattoo while on holiday in Magaluf last year, captioning an image shared to social media with: "It must be true love if I think about you when I'm drunk," tagging Crouch at the end.
The full tattoo reads: "Oopsy Daisy, Stoke are crazy, I love Peter Crouch."
The former striker replied to Jack's post by saying: "I'm proud of you Jack. I'm sure you will never regret this."
The case was brought to the North Staffordshire Justice Centre by Staffordshire Police's Football Policing Unit, whose evidence prompted the sentence.
PC Ben Greensides, from the Football Policing Unit, said: "We welcome the outcome and hope this sends a strong message that this sort of behaviour at football matches will not be tolerated.
"Incidents of poor behaviour will be investigated and those seeking to ruin match days for genuine supporters will face such consequences."
A recent report by the BBC showed that arrests of football hooligans has risen in recent years, with the police attempt to further crack down on bad behaviour.
Baroness Casey, who led a report into mass disorder at the Euro 2020 final, called out the "culture" around disorder at football matches a big challenge and asked for a "change in attitudes towards support behaviours."
