The Football Association are set to launch an investigation into the crowd problems which interrupted Aston Villa’s FA Cup win over West Brom at Villa Park - scenes Baggies boss Tony Pulis slammed as ‘disgraceful’.
There were two pitch invasions, one before the final whistle from home supporters and another when the game had finished, while Albion fans threw seats at the Villa crowd during the game.
The FA are also believed to have had a crowd control advisor at the game who will report back following Villa's 2-0 win.
In the second half there were a number of seats thrown from the upper tier of the North Stand, where Albion fans were sitting, down on home supporters below.
Villa fans then invaded the pitch minutes before the final whistle, forcing the game to be temporarily stopped, and then again at full time as the players tried to run off.
Fabian Delph, who claimed he had his captain’s armband and a boot snatched off him and was kissed and bitten by fans, called the invasion "scary", while West Brom keeper Ben Foster tweeted "PLEASE just get home safe everyone. Stupid scenes.”
Baggies boss Tony Pulis was unhappy with the antics but confirmed his players were fine despite the fans spilling onto the pitch.
He told talkSPORT: "I think they were disgraceful scenes. Villa should look at it, I don’t know where the stewards were. We don’t want to get back to what it was in the 1970s and 1980s - it puts players from both teams in danger.
"Everyone looked as though they had their heads on, their arms on and their legs on. Nobody said anything to me.
"I'm sure Villa are disappointed that it's happened."
Villa chief Tim Sherwood added: "I ran off as soon as I could. I'd rather talk about the football."
Delph and Scott Sinclair scored to send Villa to a Wembley semi final while Claudio Yacob and Jack Grealish were sent off as both sides finished with ten men.
Albion manager Pulis also insisted Villa should have recognised the potential problems ahead of the game.
He added: "I actually think Villa should look at the stewarding. It's a quarter-final of the FA Cup, a full house, you know it's going to be tasty. You should have stewards but the hierarchy at Villa should recognise the need for stewards both ends of the pitch.
"I'm sure the FA will look at it without me poking my nose in too much."
Sherwood, meanwhile, defended the hosts' stewarding - despite fans lining up on the side of the pitch before the end - and insisted emotions were running high.
"What can you do? The stewards did their best, I saw them rugby tackle a few guys, but when they are coming on in such numbers it's difficult to stem it," he said.
"I can't condone the fans entering the field, but I have to be totally honest I can understand their emotions, they've just beaten their local rivals twice in a week and once in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, so the emotions are running very, very high.
"But like I say, the club wouldn't condone that sort of action, especially if anyone was touched."
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