![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/police-investigating-after-balaclava-clad-men-trash-football-pitch-in-cars-and-dump-hearse/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Dunston-vs-Gatesheadjpeg.jpg&description=Dunston were playing host to Gateshead in a pre-season friendly when the two vehicles suddnely made their way onto the pitch and cut up the grass by doing doughnuts A police investigation is underway after balaclava-clad men trashed a football pitch with cars mid-game while fans looked on in shock. Dunston were playing host to Gateshead in a pre-season friendly when the two vehicles entered the pitch and cut up the grass by doing doughnuts. The occupants of the hearse then dumped leaflets out of the window before abandoning the vehicle in the centre circle and making away in a silver Subaru. The match was subsequently abandoned. Supporters from both teams looked on in shock, with one eye-witness labelling the episode "scary" and "surreal" and another calling it "horrible", adding there were "loads of kids in tears". Northumbria Police has now released a statement on the incident. "Police have launched an investigation following a disturbance during a football match in Gateshead. Shortly before 8.20pm Friday it was reported that two cars drove onto the pitch during half-time of the Dunston UTC v Gateshead match at Dunston Football Club on Wellington Road. "Following this, both cars – a Subaru and a Hearse – have proceeded to drive around in circles and a group of males wearing balaclavas have then exited onto the pitch. They have then proceeded to throw a number of leaflets onto the pitch, before driving away from the area in the Subaru before police arrival. The Hearse was left abandoned on the pitch. "Officers attended the scene within minutes where nobody was reported to have been injured or threatened. An investigation was immediately launched – and a number of enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the report, and locate those involved. "Disorder will not be tolerated in the community, and anyone found to be involved will be dealt with robustly. While enquiries are at an early stage, it is believed that those involved are known to){kind=link}
Dunston were playing host to Gateshead in a pre-season friendly when the two vehicles suddnely made their way onto the pitch and cut up the grass by doing doughnuts
A police investigation is underway after balaclava-clad men trashed a football pitch with cars mid-game while fans looked on in shock.
Dunston were playing host to Gateshead in a pre-season friendly when the two vehicles entered the pitch and cut up the grass by doing doughnuts. The occupants of the hearse then dumped leaflets out of the window before abandoning the vehicle in the centre circle and making away in a silver Subaru. The match was subsequently abandoned.
Supporters from both teams looked on in shock, with one eye-witness labelling the episode “scary” and “surreal” and another calling it “horrible”, adding there were “loads of kids in tears”.
Northumbria Police has now released a statement on the incident.