Andy Nicholls was ordered to court after writing his book

Andy Nicholls, from Mold, north Wales, was barred for two years after admitting being regularly involved in match-day violence for 20 years in his book, Scally: Confessions of a Category C Football Hooligan.

Nicholls, aged 40, was summonsed to Liverpool magistrates' court on Monday under the Football Disorder Act over the publication of his book, and banned for two years, with £500 costs.

But he would be allowed into the grounds if the team he coaches - Holywell Town - have to play there.

In the autobiography, primarily based in the 1970s and 80s, he claimed he escaped with just one prison sentence despite 19 arrests for soccer-related violence.

I was concerned that the order should not prevent me carrying out my duties as manager at Holywell Town   Andy Nicholls

In the book the former factory manager claimed he touted tickets to Italians before the Heysel disaster in 1985 and said he carried out violent attacks as recently as summer 2002.

He was formerly a season ticket holder at Goodison Park but Everton imposed a life ban on him last year after his book was printed.

The terms of the new ban from all grounds mean that he could turn up if Holywell won through to a competition which takes them there.

"I was concerned that the order should not prevent me carrying out my duties as manager at Holywell Town," said Mr Nicholls.

"If we were to win the Welsh Cup we could qualify for the Uefa Cup and that could take us to any stadium in Europe.

"Under this order I will be able to attend any ground in my role as a manager. That was the thing I was most concerned to establish," he added.

He claimed the case was brought against him this week to prevent him from travelling to Istanbul to see England play Turkey in the European Championship qualifier on Saturday.