TWO Oxford United fans broke the jaw of an opposition supporter after a three-all thriller at the Kassam Stadium, a court heard.

Dagenham and Redbridge fan Jack Conner celebrated his 21st birthday on August 30, 2014 by travelling to watch his team play Oxford United.

After the game finished 3-3, Mr Conner and his friends went to the nearby Bowlplex to wait for a taxi and have a drink, a court heard.

Prosecutor Christopher Hewertson told a jury of five women and seven men at Oxford Crown Court yesterday Mr Conner's friend had began chanting the name of Dagenham striker Jamie Cureton across the bar.

Mr Hewertson said the chanting attracted the attention of Jordan Hastie, Clifford Whistler and his son Darren.

The court heard Oxford United fans 28-year-old Hastie and Whistler, 56, had crossed the bar and punched Mr Conner multiple times to his jaw, causing two fractures.

Mr Hewertson added: "He receives multiple punches to both sides of the face, albeit he cannot see who punched him because of the suddenness of the circumstances."

Giving evidence, Mr Conner said the blows left him covered in blood.

He added: "I was bleeding from my mouth, there was lots of blood on my hands, it was pouring."

Mr Conner travelled home to Essex, where he had emergency surgery to insert a plate in his jaw.

Hastie, of Windrush Tower, in Knight's Road, and Whistler, of Birchfield Close, deny inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mr Conner.

Alexandra Bull, defending Hastie, said Mr Conner and his friends had upset the Oxford United fans with their shouting.

She added: "Your group were the aggressors, were you not?"

But Mr Conner denied his friends and him had been deliberately offensive to the Oxford fans.

The trial continues.