No Turkish fans were involved in the skirmishes

One supporter was injured as hundreds of England fans clashed with police on Wednesday evening.

Those arrested were all taken to police stations in the Northumbria Police area.

Among those held were 25 individuals known to be associated with hooligan elements of Sunderland and Newcastle football clubs, police said.

Another group of about 30 suspected troublemakers were arrested in Fawcett Street in Sunderland after a disturbance when a press photographer was assaulted.

Police on horses, backed up by officers with dogs, baton charged England supporters who were besieging the Turkish end at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland.

Police said no Turkish fans were arrested as a result of the match, which England won 2-0.

Bottles thrown

The match had been given a high police priority, with around 1,000 officers on duty to prevent trouble between England fans and 5,000 Turkish supporters.

At the height of the violence bottles, car wheel trims and bar stools were thrown at police.

Superintendent Jim Campbell, of Northumbria Police, said the policing of the event had been successful.

He said the main problems related to "different factions of English fans having a go at each other".

"The main objective was to create an atmosphere where people could watch the match without being subjected to violence and we appear to have achieved that," he said.

A spokesman for the Football Association said it had no responsibility for fans' actions outside the stadium.

Istanbul deaths

Local officers had liaised with their counterparts in West Yorkshire ahead of Wednesday's game.

There had been fears some Leeds United fans may use the Euro 2004 qualifier to seek revenge after two of their supporters were stabbed to death before a game with Galatasaray in Istanbul in 2000.

Officers from Northumbria Police and community leaders had appealed to fans not to cause trouble.

Early on Wednesday officers raided a hotel in the centre of Newcastle and seized three men from the south of England on suspicion of ticket touting.