A HANDFUL of Oxford United fans brought shame on their club in ugly scenes involving match stewards.
Police are now studying video evidence after crowd trouble marred Jim Smith's first away game as the U's manager at Mansfield on Saturday.
Oxford fans caused a five-minute hold-up to play near the end of the club's 1-0 defeat at the Field Mill Ground.
At least two U's supporters ran onto the perimeter of the pitch towards Mansfield supporters who had been goading them, and were rugby-tackled by stewards.
Several dozen other Oxford fans were then involved in confrontations with stewards.
Some visiting fans claimed that the trouble started when a bottle was thrown into the away end, injuring one person.
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