The vast majority of Guernsey supporters were well behaved and gave Jersey Police no cause for alarm. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0574886)

POLICE were ‘heavy-handed’ at Monday’s Muratti in Jersey, according to some Guernsey football supporters.

Five arrests were made and all were Guernsey residents. Four were juveniles, who were referred to the duty centenier of St Helier to be dealt with. All were cautioned and released. A 26-year-old man, Thomas Hicks, appeared before the Jersey Magistrate’s Court yesterday. He had been thrown out of the stadium for being too drunk and ended up spending a night in the cells.

Billy Page and Tom Walsh, both 19, who were in a group of about 30 Guernsey people at the game, said police had gone ‘over the top’. ‘It was like we weren’t meant to be there,’ said Mr Walsh. ‘They kept surrounding us so we could only go where they wanted us to.’