WINNIPEG - An assault charge has been laid after police were showered with beer and one officer was allegedly struck on the head while escorting a drunken fan from a Winnipeg Blue Bombers football game.

Police say an officer was escorting an intoxicated male out of Canad Inns Stadium during Sunday's season-ending loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when another fan seated next to the man tried to stop them.

A second officer stepped in to help and as they were leaving the area. A third male allegedly struck one of the officers several times in the back of the head while beer rained down on them and several of their colleagues who had rushed to their aid.

The drunken fan then tried to free himself from custody but ended up tumbling down several stairs with one of the officers.

No one was injured and police were able to get control of the first man and catch a second male who got involved in the fracas.

William Cody McGimpsey, a 24-year-old Winnipeg resident, is charged with assaulting a police officer, while a 52-yer-old man was detained under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act.