The Sports Cafe has had to close for a fortnight following a major incident where two men were left seriously injured after a fight involving pool cues and glasses.

Licensing chiefs have also insisted the pub, which bills itself as “the west of Scotland’s Premier live sporting venue” impose a raft of conditions including “adequate stewarding at all times”.

The bar’s two-week ‘sin bin’ gives it the dubious honour of being the first Glasgow licensed premises subjected to a ‘premises review’, a change in the law which allows the police and licensing boards to intervene early where they have concerns over the running of pubs, clubs and off-sales.

The Sports Cafe’s sanctions by the Glasgow Licensing Board were issued on Monday and took effect at 11am yesterday.

The incident which sparked the suspension occurred late last October when a major fight broke out at the venue’s pool table involving around a dozen men, which left two seriously injured.

Stewards required to monitor the pool table area were not around when the row happened, which was the police’s main concern when it called for the review on Monday.

Much of the violence was caught on CCTV and shown at the board meeting.

The board has imposed a “terminal hour of midnight for playing pool”, is demanding “all areas of the premises should be adequately stewarded at all times”, that the policy of using toughened glass or plastic be extended from just post-midnight to “throughout the licensed hours” and “no alcohol be consumed at pool tables”.

When asked yesterday by The Evening Times whether the venue was showing last night’s Manchester derby a member of staff said it was closed for refurbishment.

Councillor Stephen Dornan, chairman of the licensing board, said: “The conditions attached reflect the unanimous concerns of board members in relation to a police report regarding the premises response to a serious assault that occur­red at the Sports Cafe.”

Chief inspector Stuart Neil, Strathclyde Police’s head of licensing, said: “This sends a clear message that the police will seek a review of a licence as a means of early intervention in an effort to reduce alcohol-related crime and disorder.”

A Sports Cafe spokesman said: “We were shocked and surprised to have had our licence revoked for two weeks. We are going to use the two weeks to review all our policies and procedures while also refurbishing the venue.”