Three men have been jailed after a violent showdown at a city centre pub ahead of a UEFA Champions League match.

Jarolslaw Gumula, Karol Daieswicz and Marcin Waliczek are all behind bars after the clash in Exchange Square last October.

Chairs and furniture were hurled during the confrontation outside Sinclair’s Oyster bar on the afternoon of October 21.

A large crowd of Sevilla fans had congregated outside the pub prior to the Spanish side’s UEFA Champions League clash with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Police say they were approached by a large group of men who began throwing street furniture and other ‘missiles’.

When officers rushed to the square the group dispersed.

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Gumula, Daieswicz and Waliczek were all arrested at the scene.

The three Polish men have now been jailed for a total of six years following a hearing at Manchester Crown Court.

At the time shocking video footage showed football fans hurling chairs at each other during angry scenes just outside the bar.

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The incident is believed to be part of a two-year feud between Sevilla fans and supporters of Slask Wroclaw dating back to a clash between the two groups in Spain before a Europa League tie in 2013. Police stressed the Manchester incident was unconnected to City fans.

Det Con Natalie Qualters said football related violence will not be tolerated in Manchester.

She said: “I hope the sentence given to these men today will show that there is no place in society for football related violence.

“Whilst we all understand how competitive football rivalries can get, descending into violence is completely unacceptable and anybody who engages in this kind of behaviour will face prosecution.”

Gumula, 37, was found guilty of violent disorder after a trial. Daieswicz, 34, and Waliczek, 34, both admitted the same charge.

Gumula, of no fixed abode, was jailed for 30 months, while Daieswicz, also of no fixed address, was jailed for 22 months.

Waliczek, of Tower Gardens, Lincolnshire, was jailed for 20 months.

One man was taken to hospital following the drama outside Sinclair’s Oyster bar.

Another Sevilla supporter suffered a head wound during the incident although he declined hospital treatment.

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