A Newcastle United supporter who ran out onto the pitch to celebrate Aleksandar Mitrovic's Tyne-Wear derby equaliser on Sunday has been hit with an interim football banning order.
Northumbria Police said that John West, 35, has been charged with going into the playing area of a designated football match during the Magpies' 1-1 draw with bitter rivals Sunderland.
PA quotes a spokesman for the police as saying: "Mr West was handed an interim football banning order until his first appearance at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on April 6."
West ran towards Mitrovic and slipped just as the two were about to embrace before eventually hugging the goalscorer in a bizarre incident which can be viewed below.
