AN UNEMPLOYED Millwall fan from Swanley has been charged after a linesman's flag was ripped from its pole during a match at the Den.

Ian Wilson, aged 30, of Wisteria Gardens, has been charged with criminal damage over the incident, alleged to have happened after Alan Young did not give a corner during the Lions' 3-1 defeat by top-of-the-table Leicester City on New Year's Day.

He has also been charged with going into an area adjacent to a play area.

Wilson has been bailed to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on January 16.