THREE more people have been convicted of their roles in a violent stand-off between Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday fans at a social club in the town.

Graeme Scott, 40, of Mitella Street, Mark Butler, 24, of Deerpark Road, Lee Tattersall, 34, of Bluebell Grove, and Terry Wall, 19, of Creswick Avenue, all Burnley, had denied a charge of violent disorder in relation to the fracas in January 2014 at Burnley Miners Club.

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Scott was found not guilty of the offence after a trial at Preston Crown Court – but Butler, Tattersall and Wall were all convicted.

The conclusion of their trial brings to an end a series of hearings revolving around the confrontation at the Plumbe Street venue which saw a wheelchair user and an 11-year-old boy suffering head wounds.

Bar stools and tables, along with glasses, were used as weapons after a confrontation between Clarets and Wednesday supporters following their Championship clash earlier in the day.

CCTV footage of the incident was repeatedly replayed in court and one police constable who was among the first on the scene described it as the ‘most volatile incident’ he had encountered in ten10 years on the force.

Prosecutors told jurors that the Sheffield contingent had assembled in the club’s Benedictine bar, by arrangement with the management, to mark the birthday of a dead friend.

Several Other fans were convicted at earlier trials and two others were acquitted.

And at least 12 other men from the Burnley, Padiham and Rochdale areas had pleaded guilty to violent disorder charges last year.

Trial judge Heather Lloyd is also due to rule on a number of hearings where other alleged thugs have pleaded guilty on a limited basis.

The process of sentencing all the convicted defendants, which is expected to last two or three days, can then commence.

Jurors were told that eventually police managed to get between the two opposing factions and allow the Sheffield supporters to return to their nearby minibus and return home.

Lancashire Police released pictures of a number of suspects, after the violence, as part of an wide-ranging operation designed to prosecute those responsible for trashing the club.