(Reuters) -Two Portsmouth fans who donned high-vis vests and carried radio equipment in a bid to bluff their way into a sold-out south coast derby away at Southampton earned three-year match bans instead of front row seats after they were caught red-handed.

Brothers Kane and Dale Green arrived at St Mary's Stadium on September 14 without tickets. But armed with steward gear, they managed to infiltrate a restricted area metres away from the pitch less than an hour before the second-tier game kicked off.