Terry Coles was a brewery drayman and a father-of-two

Terry Coles, 42, died in hospital after he was trampled outside Rotherham United's Millmoor ground on 6 May, 2000.

Mr Coles had travelled to the South Yorkshire town with other Swansea City supporters for a crucial league match.

The inquest in Doncaster heard in a statement from Detective Constable Brian Crossland who said CCTV footage clearly showed Mr Coles and other Swansea fans throwing objects into the stadium.

The West Yorkshire Police officer said he spent ten hours watching video of Mr Coles's collision with the horse, called Fulwood.

The game was played at Millmoor in May 2000

He said: "In my opinion, Mr Coles walked into the path of the police horse and during this collision, he received the injuries from which he subsequently died.

"Fulwood collided with Mr Coles, rolled him over, turned him through 180 degrees horizontally and, finally, appeared to trample on him with his hind feet."

The officer added that the footage then showed fans throwing missiles at the horse and its rider and then chasing it as it backed away.

DC Crossland said other footage showed Mr Coles dancing in the street and trying to give a police horse and its rider a drink of beer.

Earlier, consultant surgeon John Cooper told the jury how he was called to the hospital to perform emergency surgery on Mr Coles lasting two and a half hours.

Mounted police like these were escorting 100 fans to the ground

He described the injuries as the worst of their type he had ever encountered.

Mr Cooper said he opened Mr Coles' abdominal cavity to find massive internal bleeding.

He estimated about half of the patient's blood capacity was in the cavity.

Although he eventually managed to stem the bleeding, it was not enough to save Mr Coles' life.

Mr Cooper also told the inquest he noticed a horseshoe shaped mark on Mr Coles' torso before surgery began.

He said he did have some concerns about the time it had taken Mr Coles to reach the operating theatre and also whether he should have been called at home earlier.

Hundreds turned up at Mr Coles' funeral

But he said he doubted whether this would have affected the eventual outcome.

The jury has already seen a video of the moments leading up to Mr Coles' fatal injuries and heard how he had drunk a considerable amount of alcohol that day.

Home Office pathologist Professor Helen Whitwell said tests showed Mr Coles would have been more than four times the drink-drive limit.

'Heavy drinker'

Even a hardened drinker would have been impaired and slow to react having consumed that much alcohol, she added.

Mr Coles's widow and mother of his two children, Christine Coles, who separated from her husband in 1996, confirmed he was a heavy drinker.

The 42-year-old said: "He was drinking practically every day, through the day.

She added: "He was just topping up on alcohol and people can tolerate different levels."

The hearing continues.