A woman's football match was abandoned after one teenage player allegedly head- butted another and police were called. The 17 year old member of Coventry City ladies' reserves was reported to have butted a 19 year old Middlesbrough player breaking her nose in revenge for a tackle.

She then punched another girl and the referee halted the match. Police arrested a player on a coach leaving Middlesbrough's Eston sports Academy on Sunday. Trevor Wing, of the North Riding Football Association, said “The girls have never seen anything like that in their lives."