Nottingham Forest season ticket holder jailed for headbutting Sheffield United's Billy Sharp
The incident took place after Forest's victory over the Blades in the Championship play-off semi-finals on Tuesday
Last updated 19th May 2022
Nottingham Forest season ticket-holder Robert Biggs has been jailed at Nottingham Magistrates' Court for 24 weeks for headbutting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp.
The 30-year-old man pleaded guilty to attacking the striker during a pitch invasion.
Biggs, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, knocked the striker to the ground whilst celebrating Nottingham Forest's Championship play-off semi-final win on Tuesday.
Forest won the match on penalties and will now play Huddersfield for a place in the Premier League.
It left Sharp requiring four stitches to a wound to his lip.
Prosecutor Marianne Connally said the incident was caught by cameras covering the Championship semi-final for live television.
She told the court: "A large number of fans entered the field of play.
"Mr Sharp hadn't directly participated in the game. He appears to be standing with his hands in his pockets.
"Mr Biggs can be seen to run along the pitch. He then headbutts Mr Sharp.
"The Crown's case is that this is a deliberate and senseless act of violence."
Biggs appeared in court in custody and did not oppose an application for a football banning order during the hearing.
He was told that separate charge of illegally entering the playing surface had been dropped.