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AN amateur footballer has narrowly avoided being jailed following mayhem on the pitch. James Bozarth appeared for sentencing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, May 20. A previous court hearing was told how all hell broke loose during the match, with players brawling and a bat being wielded on the pitch. Twenty-eight-year-old Mr Bozarth, of no fixed address in Mortimer Common, had been playing for Reading YMCA in a match against Reading City under 23s at the Padworth pitch. A tackle between him and another player led to punches being thrown by several players, the court heard. Mr Bozarth …

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