Fans sought in derby inquiry

Police are asking the public to help identify the men

Football fans who clashed after the Sunderland AFC and Newcastle United match in April are being hunted by police.

Northumbria Police is appealing for help from the public to identify people involved in the alleged disorder following the derby game.

Detective studying CCTV footage identified a group of people they say were involved the isolated incident in Millennium Way, in Sunderland after the match.

Police are trying to trace five people and have issued pictures of the men.

Extensive enquiries have so far traced 12 people who have been arrested and charged with disorder offences after the match on 26 April.

Police made 49 arrests on the day, the majority of which where were inside or in the immediate vicinity of the ground and were mainly for minor public order offences and drunkenness.

Detective Sergeant Lisa Brackenbury, who is heading this enquiry, said: "As always it is always the minority who spoil things for thousands of law abiding fans.

"We will take strong action against those responsible."