Police have arrested and charged a man with affray and pitch invasion following an assault.

It happened at Southend Football ground on Saturday, February 6, during the club’s 3-0 over Colchester United.

Mark Coshever, aged 39, and from Eaton Place, Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, has been charged with affray and pitch invasion and will appear before magistrates in Southend on February 24.