The behaviour of home fans led to 'serious concerns' from the away side and the launch of an investigation

A Midland football chairman responded after a win was overshadowed by reports of anti-social behaviour from fans.

On Saturday (October 24), Redditch United advanced to the next round of the FA Trophy with a 4-2 victory on penalties against Gloucester City.

Taking place at Valley Stadium in Redditch, the behaviour of home fans led to 'serious concerns' from the away side and the launch of an investigation.

GloucestershireLive reported on social media that a number of Redditch United fans were 'throwing rocks' at the away supporters.

One person said: "I’ve done some stuff at City over the years and I’m not proud of it one bit, but I draw the line at what just happened at Redditch.

"So the new norm is throwing rocks from outside the stadium, then after in the car park that narrowly missed a Redditch supporter with a young baby in her arms?

"The club needs to take a long walk at itself. It’s not on, on any level."

Gloucester City posted on Sunday: "Following yesterday’s fixture, serious concerns have been raised regarding the safety of our travelling supporters, after an incident involving a small minority of Redditch United supporters that resulted in one of our fans sustaining an injury.

"The safety and wellbeing of our supporters is paramount, and we want to reassure everyone that incidents of this nature will be taken extremely seriously.

"Investigations will take place to establish the full circumstances surrounding what happened and to ensure the appropriate action is taken.

"We would like to thank and applaud the overwhelming majority of those in attendance yesterday who conducted themselves appropriately.

"In particular, we thank our travelling supporters, who once again represented Gloucester City superbly and did the club proud throughout."

Speaking to GloucestershireLive, Redditch United chairman David Faulkner said the club is 'very much aware' of anti-social behaviour surrounding the club but added 'it is part of a wider trend'.

He said: "We are very much aware that we have an issue with youth and anti-social behaviour.

"It is part of a wider trend that is damaging non-league football across the country.

"This is a wider issue than Redditch United, and we've been working very hard to stamp it out.

"I've had extensive meetings with the council and the football foundation.

"But it's not going to happen overnight. Non-league clubs need to come together to deal with it."