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Drunk Derek Jennings continually repelled by police as more than 640 officers kept the Blues fans’ “barking crowd” away from 2,000 Visiting Saints fans.
Teams exchanged threats and insults and police as enthusiasts arriving at Fratton Station were escorted down Goldsmith Avenue to the ground.
Today in court, prosecutor Simon Jones said 600 police officers and dog games had been assigned to the game, with 12 more officers on horseback and 40 British Transport Police officers.
Tensions were highest in the first derby since 2012 and the first game on weekdays since 1995.
Laburnum Grove’s father-of-two Jennings, Copnor, was among the crowd of Pompey enthusiasts who hoped Southampton enthusiasts would arrive with “ugly scenes” the night.
The former Portsmouth Ukip board nominee, Jennings, 53, had been drinking since 3pm on 24 September last year before the Carabao Cup third-round match at Fratton Park.
Minutes before the start of the match, the disaster component near Frogmore Road when he twice hit the Luna police horse, whose rider said Jennings had tried twice as hard but failed.
“Mr. Jennings is very competitive with Southampton officials and enthusiasts,” the prosecutor said.
“We emphasize that Jenning’s behavior shows only threats of violence against Southampton’s fans, but also to the police.
“You hear Mr. Jennings shouting ‘Southampton (oath)’. The officer told him to take a step and after that his lordship will see his fist clenched, cursing and hitting a police horse in the nose and mouth.
In imprisoning him, Judge William Ashworth said that if there had been no police, “the organization would have become a great ongoing war” on the city streets.
He told Jennings, “You were worried about a large-scale mess before a football game and there’s only one proper punishment: immediate custody.”
Jennings won a six-year restraining order.
Images from a body camera captured Jennings’ actions. A member of the also filmed and shouted “it’s over” as the police chased him and beat him with a baton.
When he fell while in police custody, Jennings said, “I can’t, I threw a horse and I was so stupid.”
He admitted that his behaviour “is shameful and regrettable,” Jones added.
Jennings “was part of a giant organization, threatened with illegal violence to the Southampton organization and police and hit the police horse,” Jones said.
The footage posted on Portsmouth Crown Court revealed the full extent of Hampshire’s largest police operation.
Lighting flares were introduced at Fratton Station when Saint enthusiasts poured cars on the platform, marking the beginning of a tense night.
Images of police helicopters showed how a long trail of police vans was used as a shield separating the two sides, with officials also acting as human shields.
Jones said it fit in with “probably one of the most intense rivalries in English football.”
Pompey’s enthusiasts sang the famous song “It’s Just a Little Poor Slag” which ends: “Then I hit him with a brick, and now he doesn’t sing anymore.”
At 7:24 p.m., opposition enthusiasts crossed an area on police lines and clashed near Frogmore Road as officials struggled to keep their sides separate.
Among enthusiasts on both sides, there are “a lot of at-risk supporters” who “engage in antisocial behavior” and violent riots, Jones said.
Jennings had been worried in the past about the mess before hitting the horse. Jones said: ‘At 5:46 p.m., two hours before the start, was when he first caught the attention of police in the Talbot Road and Goldsmith Avenue area.
“He swore several times and sought to galvanize the police officers who had been dealing with Mr. Jennings at this time.
“You were known through your subscription card. It was discovered that he was drunk and we decided to seek the confrontation and, as such, was given a scatter warning of segment 35.”
Jones added: “At this point he left, but of course he had to return later and in a while before the start. ”
Jennings admitted a violent in March.
Mitigatingly, Lucy Morell said Jennings was making plans to watch the game with a friend and “didn’t take part in the violence.
Morell added: “He was devastated by what he did and deeply ashamed of himself.”
A note from his interview said he felt “bad” and had “embarrassed” his family circle and football club.
He apologized to the police pilot, and “he feels so bad and disappointed by the stupid actions, and he’s become stuck in it.”
He described him as a “reliable and fair man of the circle of relatives” in one of the five references submitted to the judge.
Jennings, who was sentenced to 14 convictions for 21 felonies, was already sentenced to 18 months in prison and five years in football suspension in 1998.
Two other men gave the impression in the trial court accused of violent riots related to the party.
DCI John McGonigle said: “For a grown man, act in this deplorable way, especially opposite an animal, which is only there to help protect other people looking to enjoy the game and return home safely.”