<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Fans face bans over pitch fights </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Notts County said the trouble was an "absolute disgrace"</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Two football clubs have threatened unruly supporters with life bans after trouble at a friendly game which resulted in five arrests. Hundreds ran onto the pitch at the end of Monday's match between Notts County and Nottingham Forest at Meadow Lane. </p> There were fights inside the ground and violence erupted on the streets later. </p> Police said they deployed "every available officer" in the city while both clubs said they would look at CCTV footage to identify the offenders. </p> 'Absolute disgrace' </p> Notts County chairman Jeff Moore said: "It's an absolute disgrace. I just don't know what we do to prevent such idiocy that exists in our society today." </p> Forest chief executive Mark Arthur added: "Any people... causing serious havoc will receive banning orders from both the City Ground and matches we play away from home. </p> "We do not want any behaviour like that to tarnish the good name of Nottingham Forest." </p> Forest won the game 2-1. </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
