Players were taken off after the drone interrupted Chesterfield and Bromley's crunch encounter.
A man has been charged after a drone caused a National League football play-off match to be halted.
Players were taken off the pitch after the drone was spotted over Chesterfield's Technique Stadium during their semi-final clash with Bromley on 7 May.Derbyshire Police said he been charged with flying a drone above assemblies of people. He was also charged with flying beyond visual line of sight, failing to register as a drone operator and failing to display operator ID on a drone used by a remote pilot.Chesterfield went on to win the match, but lost to Notts County in the final
The force said in addition to the matchday incident, the man has been charged with 14 other offences related to drone activity in the area between 6 April and 2 May. These include nine charges of flying a drone above 120m and five charges of flying a drone beyond visual line of sight, relating to alleged incidents in Chesterfield, Unstone, Ashbourne, and Sudbury.Chesterfield went on to win the semi-final but lost the subsequent final to Notts County at Wembley.
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