Four men who travelled to Derry on Tuesday night for the Eircom League Cup final were jailed for three months yesterday for disturbances outside a pub before the match.
All four pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour at the Tavern Bar in the loyalist Fountain Estate on Derry's west bank before the match between Derry City and Bohemians
The four were Evan Kane (20), Upper Dorset Street, Dublin; Francis O'Reilly (29), Clonturk Park, Dublin; Gavin James Hanly (22), McKee Park, Dublin; and Brian Shannon (20), Ventry Drive, Cabra.
Jailing the four, Resident Magistrate Barney McElholm described their actions as "outrageous thuggery".
O'Reilly, Hanly and Shannon also pleaded guilty to a charge of causing up to £3,000 (€4,300) of criminal damage to the bar.
The four, who declined legal representation in court, were among seven men arrested for the disturbances. The three other men were released.
A Public Prosecution Service solicitor told the court that once inside the Tavern Bar the men shouted "Up the Ra" and smashed three windows, damaged items of furniture and assaulted two women. The incidents were recorded on CCTV.