A Bristol Rovers fan has been banned from home and away games for three years after hurling pint glasses at police from a pub garden.

Kevin Bennett, aged 20, was caught on a camera throwing glasses and a plant pot at officers before Rovers' league match against Leeds United earlier this season.

Footage from the police helicopter shows the hooligan behind The Rising Sun, in Gloucester Road, Bishopston, throwing pint glasses at a locked gate, behind which riot police were gathered.

In the footage, which was shown at Bristol Magistrates' Court, the yob can be clearly seen wearing a white cap and a white and blue striped top, among a group of about 10 others dressed in dark clothing.

Bennett, of Woodyleaze Drive, Hanham, took a pint glass from a table and hurled it at the gate.

Then, egged on by the group, he was handed another glass and threw that at the gate.

Bennett can be clearly seen taking a plant pot from a low roof and hurling it over the gate.

He was arrested soon after by officers.

Bennett, who is unemployed and on benefits, was charged with using and threatening unlawful violence.

He pleaded guilty and was ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service, to be carried out over 12 months.

He was also ordered to pay £60 costs and handed the football banning order.

It will prevent him from going within a mile of the Memorial Stadium on Rovers match days three hours before and two hours after a game for the next three years – effectively barring him from most of the fans' favourite pubs on Gloucester Road, including The Rising Sun.

He will also not be allowed to travel to watch Rovers away games, or to any England matches.

The incident occurred shortly before Rovers league match against Leeds on March 7, a near sell-out which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Nisha Patel, prosecuting, said the camera on the police helicopter caught pin-sharp images of the incident.

She said: "He accepts he threw two beer glasses towards police, but they hit the boundary wall.

"He then threw a plant pot over the wall at police. He said his actions were very stupid and he was sorry. Fortunately, the plant pot did not hit a police officer."

Defending, Brian Carrick accepted that a banning order was inevitable.

He said: "While no one can condone that behaviour, thankfully no one got hurt and there was no risk of an escalation of problems between rival fans.

"It was not football violence between two teams that dragged police and the public into it."

Sentencing him, chairman of the bench Graham Williams said: "You ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourself for the trouble you have caused police and other people."

The community order will run on top of a 200-hour order Bennett already has for a separate offence.

Dave Harper, Bristol Rovers' safety officer, said the club would do its utmost to rid the club of supporters who bring the Rovers name into disrepute.

He said: "The club will be in contact with police and a decision will be made as to whether the ban will be extended."

Cath Foster, a spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset Police, said the force would continue to stamp out football-related violence.

She said: "Our ultimate aim is to make football police free and deter the minority from ruining the game for genuine fans."

A spokeswoman for The Rising Sun said: "This was an isolated incident related to the football match and was handled by the police. We were happy to co-operate fully."

Last month's Rovers match against Leeds was marred by trouble, but residents questioned police tactics after fans were allowed to parade up Gloucester Road on their way to the game.

There was also trouble after the match outside the nearby Queen Vic pub and at The Foresters, and five fans were arrested for throwing glass bottles in Ashley Down Road.

Avon and Somerset police are making no extra security provisions for Millwall FC's visit to Rovers today.

The London club have courted trouble in the past, but the policing of the Memorial Stadium match will be no different from most League One encounters this season.

Police spokeswoman Claire Stanley said no more officers have been drafted in than normal and the patrols on foot and horseback seen in Filton Avenue and Gloucester Road will be manned as usual.

Ms Stanley said: "As far as we're aware there has been no previous history of violence between the two sets of fans, nor intelligence that there will be. The vast majority of football fans are law abiding citizens and merely want to see the match."

There will, however, be some extra officers near Horfield Prison, where another "Wall of Sound" protest is expected, showing solidarity with two prisoners who allegedly broke into an arms factory they believed was supplying weapons to Israel.