Jack Grealish has said he was "lucky" his attacker was not carrying a weapon as the Birmingham fan who punched him was jailed for 14 weeks.

Paul Mitchell, 27, was also banned from all football stadiums for 10 years and ordered to pay the Aston Villa captain £100 after admitting the assault at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.

In a statement read into the court record by prosecutor Jonathan Purser, Grealish had said: "I cannot help but feel how lucky I was in this incident. It could have been so much worse had the supporter had some sort of weapon."

Mitchell wore a CP Company-branded jacked during the attack which has a Z badge, which is similar to the Birmingham Zulus hooligan firm. However, his barrister said on Monday that he had no hooligan links.

The court earlier heard how Mitchell told police he was not drunk and carried out the assault - seen by a capacity crowd inside the ground - for a "joke". It had since emerged his pregnant partner and two-year-old child had moved out of their home amid death threats after the attack.

Birmingham confirmed on Monday they had banned Mitchell from St Andrew's for life, and the club have also banned another supporter for the same term "for a series of vile and malicious tweets on social media, relating to Jack Grealish and his family". A club statement added: "Birmingham City FC rejects all forms of anti-social behaviour. We will not tolerate the kind of incidents we have seen during and since Sunday's derby fixture against Aston Villa Football Club."

Footage of Mitchell was shown to the court of him running onto the pitch from the stands and taking a swing at Grealish from behind, causing the player to fall to the turf. Vaughn Whistance, defending, said it was "totally out of character" and he had initially gone onto the pitch to "whip up the crowd".

The attack took place just hours before Manchester United's Chris Smalling was shoved in the back by an Arsenal fan on Sunday. On Monday the United defender said "commenting would only add to the attention he craved". Gary Cooper, 30, from Chertsey in Surrey, was charged by the Met Police with common assault and going on to the playing area.

A support page appealing for money to help Mitchell pay the £100 compensation to Grealish briefly appeared on the GoFundMe website on Monday night.