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EXCLUSIVE: Man United fan who wore vile shirt mocking the Hillsborough disaster at the FA Cup final was kicked out of Wembley by police at England game in September for punching a fellow fan

The Manchester United fan handed a four-year football ban for wearing a shirt disgustingly mocking the Hillsborough disaster was kicked out of Wembley last year for punching another fan.

James White, 33, received a ban earlier this week after pleading guilty to displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Willesden Magistrates' Court in north-west London.

He had worn a football shirt with an offensive reference to the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 in which 97 fans of United's rivals Liverpool died, at United's 2-1 FA Cup final defeat to Manchester City at Wembley on 3 June, a high-profile football event.