The Pirelli Stadium, home to Burton Albion Football Club (Picture: SWNS)

A football fan who took cocaine in the toilets at a match has become the first man in Britain to be banned from all stadiums for taking drugs.

Tony Bordley, 52, took the class A drug after he travelled to watch his team Charlton Athletic play rivals Burton Albion FC, but was caught by security and arrested.

He has now become the first fan to be issued with a Football Banning Order (FBO) for drug offences after it became law last month.

As well as not being allowed to attend matches, he will not be able to go within two miles of a football match, in order to stop him from mixing with supporters on matchdays.

He will also have to surrender his passport when England play away fixtures.

Security guards heard Bordley acting suspiciously in the toilet cubicles at the Pirelli Stadium in Burton upon Trent on November 12.

They called over Staffordshire Police’s football officer PC Rich Lymer, who was on duty at the time.

The man was caught taking cocaine in the (Picture: SWNS)

PC Lymer approached Bordley once he came out of the cubicle and he admitted taking cocaine before handing over a bag of the drugs from his wallet.

He was arrested for possessing a controlled drug of class A and removed from the ground of the League One game.

Bordley, of Belvedere, Kent, admitted the charges and was given a three-year football banning order at Cannock Magistrates’ Court on November 30.

The new legislation means fans who commit class A drug offences at matches can now be banned for up to ten years and receive a criminal conviction.

Bordley has been restricted from attending any football match in the UK for the next three years and will also be unable to travel abroad to watch England internationals.

PC Lymer said: ‘We’ve become the first police force in the country to secure a banning order for this offence which will greatly benefit matchday experiences in Staffordshire moving forward.

‘Those intent on taking harmful drugs into footballs stadiums will be dealt with proportionately and brought to justice.’

Chief Constable Mark Roberts, NPCC Lead for Football Policing, added: ‘This court result should act as a warning to anyone who is considering taking drugs to football.

‘If you get caught, you will be banned from all matches for a minimum of three years and will also receive a criminal record.

‘Drugs and alcohol continue to be persistent drivers of poor behaviour in football, and wider society, and the introduction of these banning orders is a positive step in tackling the problem.’

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Tony Bordle is the first fan to be issued with a Football Banning Order (FBO) for drug offences after it became law last month.