A SELF-CONFESSED former football hooligan has had his banning order preventing him from attending matches extended for a further four years.

Andrew 'Pot' Porter, 41, of Parliament Street, Burnley, a founding member of Burnley's Suicide Squad, is not allowed to enter Burnley town centre or the vicinity of Turf Moor within three hours either side of a match.

Police applied for the new order after a previous three-year ban on Porter watching England and domestic matches ended in June.

The civil order, handed down at Reedley Magistrates on Wednesday (October 16), also imposes the same conditions on away matches and runs out in October 2011.

The order formed part of the Operation Fixture, which started in November 2002, and targets organised football related violence and disorder across Lancashire.

Porter, who is a self-employed roofer, wrote a book called Suicide Squad detailing his exploits.

Sergeant Colin Hudson said: "We are very pleased with the order and want to send out a message that we will not tolerate football related violence in Burnley.

"The court agreed to the additional conditions because they were satisfied Porter had been involved in football related violence and disorder in the area we were seeking to ban him from.

"In November 2006 he was involved in a fight in a pub with other football supporters from the opposing team and people were injured.

"The previous order did not have any additional conditions and although he has not recently caused problems in the stadiums we know he has a propensity for getting involved in disorder near stadiums."

When the father-of-three's book was published two years ago, Porter claimed he did not set out to glamorise the violence, and said if people were offended by it, they should not read the book.

He said: "The book isn't about violence, it's about my life. I am proud of what I have done. Nobody will change the fact that I have done it."