Football match stopped after sent-off player returns to field with sword

A football match was abandoned after a player shown the red card returned to the pitch brandishing a sword.

Spectators at the local cup match in Barnsley, South Yorkshire saw the sent-off player return with a "golf club and a long sword".

The Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup match between Royston Villa and Sheffield's Mosborough was called off in the 80th minute. Nobody was injured during the incident involving a home player at Royston's ground.

A Mosborough FC spokesman said: "One of their lads got sent off and came back and had weapons and that's why it got abandoned.

"We don't want to comment because there is an inquiry and the referee's report has got to be submitted.

"We don't want to make it sound worse than it was and want to see what the authorities have to say."