Posh fan banned from games for 3 years after spitting on Ipswich player
45-year-old Leroy Miller spat on goal scorer Wes Burns
Last updated 26th May 2023
A Peterborough United fan has been banned from going to games for 3 years after he spat on an Ipswich Town player.
45-year-old Leroy Miller attended a game at the Weston Homes Stadium on London Road on 22nd April.
At about 3.15pm, Ipswich Town scored, taking a 1-0 lead over Peterborough, when Miller left his seat to go down to the pitch side and spat on the goal scorer, Wes Burns.
The incident was captured on a live stream of the match on social media.
Miller, of Black Prince Avenue, Market Deeping, was arrested and later charged with a section 5 public order offence – namely using threatening or abusive words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on 12 May where he was fined £200.
The three-year Football Banning Order (FBO), which was granted at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday), states that whenever an associated football match that is regulated is played:
• In the United Kingdom, he is banned from entering any premises for the purpose of attending a football match
• Outside the United Kingdom, he must report to a police station according to instructions that will be notified to the defendant by the Football Banning Orders Authority
• The defendant must surrender any travel authorisation document (passport, identity card, or any other form of travel authorisation) in the defendant’s name according to instructions notified by the Football Banning Orders Authority