Three Oxfordshire men have appeared in court and indicated guilty pleas over violent disorder before a Oxford United match away to Reading last year.

Thames Valley Police said the incident occurred at St Mary's Butts in Reading on December 12 last year.

A total of 13 men aged between 22 and 56 were each charged with one count of violent disorder.

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Yesterday at a hearing at Slough Magistrates Court, three of the men indicated a guilty plea. 

The men were Colin Whiteley, 56, of Church Road, Bicester, Ryan Ellaway, 35, of Fitzwaryn Place, Wantage, and Craig Green, 34, of Heather Close, Carterton.

The next hearing will take place at Reading Crown Court on December 3.