DAVID Beeby, general manager at Scunthorpe United, says the club is doing all it can to keep supporters safe at tonight's FA replay against Grimsby Town at Glanford Park.
He said: "We have a good working relationship with Humberside Police. We, along with Grimsby Town, the police and the local authority, are doing all we can to ensure the game is remembered for matters on the pitch.
"We want people to feel safe when coming to Glanford Park and are doing all we can to make sure this is the case.
"On the whole, the vast majority of Scunthorpe United fans, along with Grimsby Town, were well behaved but unfortunately there are people who got involved in disorder and certainly Scunthorpe United take a dim view of this.
"The fans need to remember that they are representing the football club when they go to other grounds.
"We will not tolerate this type of behaviour and take a strong stance against this."
Mr Beeby said the club had actively worked to hand banning orders out to fans who caused disorder.
He pointed to the 27 banning orders handed out to fans following disorder at the final home game of last season against Swindon Town.
Prior to the Grimsby Town match, no Scunthorpe United fan had been arrested at any match, home or away, so far this season.
Mr Beeby said the club were looking forward to the replay and ticket sales indicated the fans were too.
"The FA Cup is a fantastic occasion and we love being involved in it," he said.
"When you get games like this it really adds to the competition and the excitement.
"You could see from the crowd at the first game, around 8,300 people, it was the biggest of the round and has certainly created a lot of interest.
"In the replay we certainly hope we can deliver the right result on the pitch."
Grimsby have been given 2,000 tickets for the replay – including 400 in an overflow section down the side.
A statement from Grimsby Town said: "We would like to make any supporter wanting to engage in disorder aware of the implications of their actions on Grimsby Town Football Club and our loyal supporters.
"Disorder costs money in terms of the extra security resources required, potential fines incurred from the Skrill Premier League or the Football Association and the cost of sanctions towards our support.
"Disorder casts aspersions on the character of our faithful and loyal travelling supporters. Away clubs have no option other than to deploy methods for the containment and control of Grimsby risk.
"This often results in the assumption that travelling supporters are risk and treated as such. Away clubs do not know our support and therefore are not able to differentiate between risk and normal decent supporters."Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
