Three Poland fans have been banned from going to football games after using flares during a UEFA Nations League win over Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Flares were lit in the away fans' section on September 25 during the Polish national anthem and again when the visitors scored the only goal of the contest. One flare or firework was fired from the stands into the sky.
Four Poland supporters who live in England were charged with possessing a firework / flare at a sporting event. Sebastian Gonicki, Martin Koczur, Krzysztof Ilnicki and Mateusz Jaroz appeared at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty.
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- Gonicki, 38, of Trent Road in Blackpool, was fined £300 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a victim services surcharge of £120
- Ilnicki, 40, of Cameron Street in Liverpool, was fined £346 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 costs and a victim services surcharge of £138
- Jaroz, 30, of Marsa Way in Bridgwater, was fined £369 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 costs and a victim services surcharge of £148
Koczur, 28, of Bowes Road in Staines, will be sentenced on November 7.
Gonicki, Ilnicki and Jaroz were each handed three-year football banning orders. They cannot go within 2,500m of any regulated football match in the UK from five hours before kick-off to five hours after the final whistle.
They also cannot enter any town or city in the UK where a professional Polish football team is playing a regulated match that day. And when certain matches are played outside the UK, they must report to a police station and hand over their passport.
An interim order with the same restrictions is in place for Koczur ahead of his sentencing. You can read more of the latest Welsh court stories here.
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