FIVE men and a boy were arrested after the Albion vs Crystal Palace derby last night.
The match was blighted by fan violence before the match, and three of the men arrested in connection with disorder have been charged.
Michael Shaw, 45, an electrician of Truleigh Drive in Portslade, has been charged with being a football spectator failing to comply with a banning order.
Kamar Jalal, 30, a financial director of The Savannahs, Langshott, Horley, and Mark Kentfield, 41, an administrative assistant of Duke Terrace Street, St Leonards, have both been charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
They have been released on bail and will appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on December 14.
The boy, 15, from Brighton, was arrested on suspicion of throwing or discharging a missile, along with a 26-year-old man from South Croydon.
They were both released under investigation.
A 51-year-old man from Worthing, arrested on suspicion of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress. He remains in police custody.
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