Man admits assault on footballer Billy Sharp at playoff semi-final

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A man has pleaded guilty at Nottingham magistrates court to assaulting the Sheffield United captain, Billy Sharp, at Tuesday’s play-off semi-final at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground.

Robert Biggs, 30, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Biggs, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was told that a separate charge of illegally entering the playing surface had been dropped.

He appeared in court in custody and was not opposing an application for a football banning order during the hearing.

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