PSNI hunt football hooligans

Police in Belfast were today working to identify football hooligans who surged on to the pitch and rioted at the end of a crunch Irish League match.

One man has so far been arrested and charged , but detectives are anxious to bring more of the dozens involved in the clashes at the end of one of the biggest games of the season, Linfield v Glentoran, to justice.

Several police officers as well as rival fans were injured when the supporters of the two teams hurled missiles at each other at the Oval ground in East Belfast after the final whistle yesterday.

Police said today one man had been charged with disorderly behaviour and assaulting police and had been bailed to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on May 20.