Villa fan was drunk at Town’s stadium

involving the 19-year-old at several clubs since.

On March 7 he was arrested and charged with trying to enter the John Smith’s stadium while drunk for the Huddersfield Town v Villa game.

Alex Bozman, prosecuting, said: “An officer became aware of Walters arguing with a steward while holding a pint.

“The Pc asked him if he could see his ticket for inspection and he was trying to gain entry using a child’s ticket. He was refused entry, claimed he was a child and raised his voice.”

Walters was warned about his behaviour several times before he was arrested.

Police station breath tests showed that he had 90 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – more than twoand-a-half times the legal drink-drive limit.

Walters, of White House in Ledbury, Herefordshire, admitted that he’d drunk four cans on the coach up to the game as well as a further three pints in the pub.

In April 2014 the teenager was convicted at Sunderland Youth Court of possession of a firework at a sporting event.

Aston Villa Football Club barred him from attending home matches there for three years, a ban due to finish at the end of this season. But magistrates heard details of further incidents involving Walters at away games.

In mitigation Jonathan Slawinski said that his client, who works for an online sports gambling company, was a lifelong Villa supporter.

Of the Huddersfield incident he said: “It was a ridiculous, stupid and cheeky attempt to get in to see his team play.

“The club carries a zero-tolerance policy about not coming back to home games and 99% of that he’s adhered to.

“There’s no evidence to show he’s fighting at matches – he’s just being monitored by police spotters.”

Magistrates fined Walters £107 and ordered him to pay £85 costs plus £30 victim surcharge for being drunk while entering a sports ground.