• Six arrests made on Sunday but more footage is being reviewed
  • ‘Club bans and wider banning orders’ will be punishments used

West Midlands police have warned that those involved in the violence that caused the first Black Country derby with supporters in 12 years to be suspended on Sunday can expect to be hit with “club bans and wider football banning orders”.

Play between West Brom and Wolves was stopped for 38 minutes in Sunday’s FA Cup tie after fans fought in the stands and invaded the pitch at the Hawthorns, forcing police to intervene and players to return to their dressing rooms. One man was taken to hospital with head injuries.

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