Police were called to The Beeches on Thornbridge Avenue, Great Barr, on Tuesday night as the 9pm match was being shown.
Video circulating online appears to show punches being thrown in the beer garden as customers ran from the area. The footage also appears to show a young man holding an object witnesses described as a machete before security staff intervened near a children’s play space.
The disturbance places renewed focus on the responsibility of venues hosting major football events. The pub had been promoting bookings for World Cup fixtures, meaning the match screening was planned as a busy public gathering rather than an informal viewing.
That context does not determine what happened, but the reported sequence - a crowd disturbance, customers leaving the area and a knife being recovered - gives investigators several lines of enquiry. Video footage and witness accounts will be central to establishing who was involved and how the disorder developed.
West Midlands Police said officers attended “to disorder at The Beeches pub on Thornbridge Avenue, on Tuesday night after disorder involving a group of people”. Anyone with information has been asked to contact the force on 101, quoting log 5963 of 23 June.
The next stage is likely to depend on the quality of the available footage and statements from people inside the pub. Until those enquiries are complete, the circumstances surrounding the disorder remain under investigation.
The key storyline to watch is whether police identify suspects and make arrests, while venues showing future England matches will face questions about crowd management and security arrangements.