A FOOTBALL fan accused of throwing a punch when a fight broke out in a pub after a match between Bradford City and Sheffield United told a jury he acted as a peacemaker and did nothing wrong.

Jordan Brame told Bradford Crown Court he stretched out his arm to protect an injured Sheffield supporter who was being attacked in the Ginger Goose in the city centre at 8pm on October 22 last year.

The man and his sister were hurt in the disorder and Brame said he stayed with them outside the pub until they were attended to by an ambulance crew.

Later that night, their father texted him to say: "Thank you for looking after them. There are some good people in Bradford."

Brame, 20, of Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth; Joseph Brett, 26, of Howarth Avenue, Swain House, Bradford, and Milorad Duric, 47, of Fewston Avenue, Clayton Heights, Bradford, all deny affray.

Chairs and bottles were hurled in the melee in which a Bradford City fan was butted and suffered a broken nose.

The jury has watched CCTV from the pub which prosecutor James Gelsthorpe alleges shows the three men taking part in the violence.

He said Brame was bouncing like a boxer and seen to throw a punch at a male moving away from him. Duric’s body language showed him to be kicking out at someone on the floor while Brett threw a bottle.

Brame said: "There were chairs and bottles coming from behind and I was scared about what was going on."

The Sheffield man responsible for the butt was set on by six males. He was curled up on the floor and Brame helped him out of the pub. The man's sister then appeared outside, bleeding from the head.

Duric told the jury he was a married father-of-three who worked as a restoration technician for insurance companies.

He was a season ticket holder at Valley Parade and had been going to matches for more than 30 years.

Duric said he was at the bar when the fight broke out.

"It was like a melee. Everything kicked off. There were chairs flying everywhere. I stupidly went to have a look to see what it was about."

He continued: "I am 100 per cent positive that I did not kick any person. I did not even see any person on the floor."

There was a lot of debris on the floor and he might have moved a bottle out of the way.

He did not even realise until after that night that Sheffield United supporters were in the pub.

Brett said he saw a commotion at the bar area and went to see what was happening.

"The fight spilled out towards where I was, so I backed away as much as I could. A chair came straight in my direction. It was very close. Everybody pushed back, wanting to get away. My instinctive reaction was to throw a bottle."

Brett said he was acting in self defence and the bottle did not hit anyone.

"It was to prevent the violence coming towards me because I was scared," he told the jury.

The trial continues.