The move by the Crown Prosecution Service comes as it looks at how to deal with football-related offences.

It is hoped the plans will help strengthen the links between the Football Intelligence Officer for the police and the club the prosecutor will represent.

Nick Hawkins, CPS lead for football matters, said: "The CPS is aiming to have in each area at least one nominated lead football prosecutor for each Premiership and Football league club."

The new policy, welcomed by the Association of Chief Police Officers, also shows prosecutors how to call on additional evidence of an offenders' history of bad behaviour when it comes to football to show a court why a ban is required.

It also highlights how youths charged elsewhere can be bailed to appear at a court near their home.

CPS Northumbria Chief Crown Prosecutor Nicola Reasbeck said: "We take football-related disorder very seriously and have had prosecutors who specialise in dealing with these types of offences for some time now.

"We work closely with Northumbria police and have successfully prosecuted a number of individuals for their football-related violence."

Ch Insp Bruce Storey, of the Football Unit at Northumbria Police, said: "We are currently in negotiation with the CPS as to how we can best prosecute football-related disorder.

"Our priority at football matches is to ensure that people attending have a safe and enjoyable experience and we have a good team that covers local football dates.

"However, to ensure this does happen we do a lot of work to identify and then prosecute persons who are intent on causing violence or disorder at football games.

"Specialist CPS prosecutors would further enhance our ability to do this."

Nobody was available for comment from either Newcastle United or Sunderland.