A JURY found two men guilty of affray after violence flared between rival football fans at a pub in the city centre.

Milorad Duric, 47, of Fewston Avenue, Clayton Heights, Bradford, Joseph Brett, 26, of Howarth Avenue, Swain House, Bradford, and Jordan Brame, 20 of Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, all denied the charge.

But following a trial at Bradford Crown Court, Duric and Brett were found guilty of their part in the melee. Brame was cleared of affray, but convicted of the lesser offence of threatening behaviour.

Chairs and bottles were thrown in The Ginger Goose in Market Street on October 22 last year after a match between Bradford City and Sheffield United, the jury heard during the trial.

Bradford Crown Court was told others in the pub that night had admitted their roles in the disorder.

Prosecutor James Gelsthorpe said it was alleged the three men on trial were all involved in the fight which broke out at 8pm following the afternoon football game.

CCTV played in court showed what each of the defendants did in the pub, Mr Gelsthorpe said.

He alleged that Brame was bouncing around on his toes like a boxer and was clearly seen to throw a punch at a male moving away from him.

Duric’s body language showed him to be kicking out at someone on the floor, the jury was told.

Brett could be seen throwing a bottle. He claimed he was acting in reasonable self defence, Mr Gelsthorpe said.

The jury was told that violence erupted after two men from Sheffield were arguing with two other males.

Jamie Hayes, deputy manager of The Ginger Goose, said in a statement read to the court that 15 men then came into the pub and surrounded the two Sheffield men at the bar and told them to leave.

The group was aggressive and going to cause trouble, Mr Hayes said. He alerted his door staff to keep an eye on things.

One man from Sheffield then butted a Bradford man and disorder broke out in which the Sheffield men were punched and kicked.

Chairs were thrown and staff at the bar had to duck to avoid a flying bottle.

Mr Hayes said it was “pure luck” that none of his employees were injured.

Brame told Bradford Crown Court he had stretched his arm out to protect an injured Sheffield support who was being attacked in the pub.

The man and his sister were hurt in the disorder and Brame said he stayed with them outside the pub until they were attended to by an ambulance crew.

Duric said he was at the bar when the fight broke out and said he was “100 per cent positive” that he did not kick anyone.

Brett said he heard a commotion at the bar area and went to see what was happening. He said he threw a bottle as an “instinctive” reaction in self defence and that it did not hit anyone.

The three will be sentenced at a later date.