FIVE people were arrested after Barrow AFC took on Carlisle United in the Cumbrian derby.

Police said men in their 20s, 30s and 40s were apprehended in connection to offences including drug possession and assault of a police officer.

There was a large police presence in Barrow on Saturday as the Bluebirds hosted Carlisle in front of fans in the Football League for the first time since 1964.

A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and a public order offence and subsequently bailed, police said.

Officers also arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of a public order offence. He was subsequently bailed.

A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and a public order offence and bailed.

A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class A drug and bailed.

And a man in his 30s arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class A drug and being drunk and disorderly.

Six arrests were made when the teams met in Carlisle in November.