NINETEEN Clarets fans have been jailed after violence broke out at Burnley Miners Club.

The rampage left a wheelchair supporter and an 11-year-old boy injured.

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Burnley’s top police officer has condemned the mob, following the stand-off with Sheffield Wednesday fans as ‘mindless’.

Twenty-one Burnley FC supporters will now no longer be welcome at Turf Moor, or any football ground, for between six and 10 years, after sentencing hearings at Preston Crown Court.

And 19 are starting prison sentences ranging from five months to 22 months.

Trouble flared at the Plumbe Street venue in January 2014 after the Clarets drew 1-1 with Wednesday, when a group of visitors from Sheffield, sitting in the Benedictine Bar, were involved in a dispute with Burnley fans.

CCTV footage, shown in court, then showed a mass of Clarets supporters, some armed with broken chairs and pint glasses, in the club’s entrance hall. Fans had ran from nearby pubs to join the ruckus.

Bar staff, young families and old men looked on in horror as the violence escalated and the club was left covered in shattered glass and broken tables and chairs.

Prosecutors said that ‘Suicide Squad’ chants could be heard and and by the end a disabled supporter was left with a leg injury and an 11-year-old suffered a head wound.

Lancashire Police released CCTV stills, from both the social club and football ground, in a bid to identify those involved in the outrage, leading to more than 20 arrests.

Each of those said to have played a part were charged with violent disorder and have either been found guilty after trials or entered guilty pleas following a series of court sessions.

Stephen Rimmer, 54, of Gale Street, Rochdale, Gareth Bromley, 37, of Weldon Street, Burnley, Philip Palmer, 29, of Langdale Road and Paul Higginson, 38, of Lawrence Street, both Padiham, and Nicholas Speak, 35, of Holly Street, Burnley, were jailed for 22 months, 22 months, 20 months, 16 months and 16 months respectively. All five were given 10-year football banning orders.

Tony Holgate, 42, of Tabor Street, and Lee Tattersall, 43, of Bluebell Grove, both Burnley, were jailed for 20 months, with 10 year bans.

Father-and-son Stephen Burnley, 49, and Jordan Burnley, 20, both, of Emily Street, Burnley, were given 16 months and 12 months respectively, also with 10-year bans.

Andrew Hardman, 31, of Fairfield Avenue, Newchurch, was jailed for 18 months, Burnley’s Ian Spencer, 52, of Wren Street, for 16 months, Terry Wall, 18, of Creswick Avenue, for 15 months, Jordan Hosker, 26, of Morse Street, for 11 months, Gavin Ellacott, 21, of Burnley Road, Colne, and Alexander Dean, of Mary Towneley Fold, Burnley, and a 17-year-old Barrowford youth, for eight months, all with six-year bans.

Mark Butler, 23, of Deerpark Road, Christopher Ashton, 18, of Garsdale Avenue, and Andrew Rigg, 50, of Paythorne Avenue, all Burnley, were each jailed for six months, and Timothy Wilkinson, 62, of Sowclough Road, Bacup, for five months, again with six-year bans.

Anthony Speak, 33, of Lower Tentre, Burnley was given a 10-month suspended prison term and 200 hours community service with a 10-year ban.

Speaking after the hearing Chief Supt Chris Bithell said: “The behaviour of all those involved in the disorder was disgraceful and completely unacceptable.

“While the vast majority of those who attended the fixture behaved responsibly, it is entirely regrettable that a small number of people chose to act in such a mindless fashion after the match.”

County councillor Marcus Johnstone said: “I’m a football fan and I’ve been watching football for many, many years and it is awful to see when this happens.

“I also go in the Miners’ Club and I know what an effect it’s had there. Sheffield Wednesday fans had been going in there for many years with nothing like this happening before. There are still idiots about though and I’m pleased the court has handed out such tough sentences to these particular idiots.”

County councillor Dr Misfar Hassan, whose Burnley Central East ward includes the Plumbe Street venue, added: “No-one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands. People go to the games with their families and children and this is, thankfully, a rare unfortunate incident.”