POLICE have released shocking footage of a mass brawl on a busy Huddersfield road which left two unconscious.

Hooligans threw bottles, glasses and ashtrays at three minibuses of Millwall supporters stopped at a red light outside the Waterloo pub on Wakefield Road.

Police released the footage – which shows a Huddersfield man being repeatedly kicked in the head – after the final three hooligans were sentenced yesterday.

Det Insp Jim Griffiths of Kirklees CID promised police would not tolerate football-related violence.

Speaking outside Bradford Crown Court, he said: “This was an incident of serious disorder and we’re thankful that no-one died or was seriously injured.

“Disorder of this sort will not be tolerated – it will be stamped-out by police.”

Det Insp Griffiths added: “This incident happened away from the ground and involved people who weren’t necessarily football fans.”

The detective praised both clubs for helping police following the incident, which happened in the run-up to a play-off semi-final game at the Galpharm last April 16.

He said: “Town and Millwall have worked really closely with us and they will help us ensure that banning orders which were imposed by the courts are enforced.

“Huddersfield Town is a family club and they have worked with the police to make sure this disorder doesn’t happen again.”

Det Insp Griffiths added that police were determined there would be no violence as Town take on Peterborough in tomorrow’s League 1 play-off final at Old Trafford.

He said: “As well as a large-scale operation in Manchester, there will be a police presence in Huddersfield to make sure anyone determined to cause trouble is stopped.”

Det Insp Griffiths was speaking just minutes after the final three hooligans were sentenced for their part in last year’s violence.

Ojay Roynon, 31, of Welling, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder and breaching a football banning order.

Judge Peter Benson said the Millwall fan had been “in the thick of it” and had tried to punch and kick a Huddersfield man during the violence.

Glen Sherman, 36, from Hornchurch in Essex, was jailed for nine months for violent disorder.

The court was shown footage of the Millwall fan kicking a Huddersfield man as he lay on the edge of the pavement outside the Waterloo.

Judge Benson said: “You deliberately moved back a few paces in order to have a run-up to deliver a flying kick to his head which knocked him back on the ground and rendered him unconscious.

“It was very fortunate he was not killed.”

The court heard that Sherman was trying to make it as stand-up comedian.

In a statement read out in court, he said: “I eat, sleep and drink comedy now because I’m trying to build a career. It would be a personal disaster for me at this stage of my life if I was sentenced to custody.”

Paul Webber, owner of Up The Creek comedy club in London, provided a character reference for the Millwall fan.

Ryan McDougal, 32, from London was given a nine-month suspended sentence for violent disorder.

Judge Benson told him: “You kicked a prone man whilst he was on the ground – it was a cowardly piece of violence to someone who was probably already unconscious.”

The judge added that the brawl had been “a disgraceful outburst of disorder” which had “terrified” passers-by and left motorists on Wakefield Road “trapped in their cars because of the press of fighting men.”

Earlier this week Leon Stephenson, 30, of Taylor Hill Road, Taylor Hill, 26-year-old Danny Melia, of Close Lea, Brighouse, and 38-year-old Andrew Miller, of Brackenhall Road, Sheepridge, were all jailed after they admitted violent disorder in connection with the so-called Battle of Waterloo.

Conrad Ayscough, 44, of Hurstwood, Sheepridge, was jailed for 15 months after he admitted violent disorder and Craig Roberts, 26, of Elm Street, Newsome, was sentenced to 18 months after he pleaded guilty to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon.

Jeremy McDonald, 44, of Gramfield Road, Crosland Moor – who was knocked unconscious during the brawl – was jailed for 12 months for his part in the violence.

Four other Huddersfield men received suspended sentences for taking part in the brawl.