Three men charged after pitch invasion in Gary Neville protest

Three men have been charged after a pitch invasion at Salford City’s football match.

The protest, which saw Salford City’s League Two fixture against Oldham Athletic delayed, comes after co-owner Gary Neville’s comments about the British flag and white middle-aged men.

Protestors attempted to plant a St George’s flag inside the centre circle at the Peninsula Stadium.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the three men will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court in February next year.

Dominic Campbell, 33, of Spa Crescent, Little Hulton, and Tyler Brown, 20, of Altair Place, Salford, have been charged with pitch encroachment and throwing a missile onto the pitch.

Christopher Walsh, 43, of Worsley Road, Eccles, has been charged with pitch encroachment.

In the wake of the attack at Crumpsall synagogue in which two men were killed, and is being treated by police as a terror incident, Neville posted a video on social media accusing “angry, middle-aged white men” of dividing the country by “using the Union Jack in a negative fashion”.