FA Cup: King’s Lynn pays extra stewards after fans attacked

“We understand that the Worksop fans were exuberant, they had just scored the equalizer and had the right to celebrate that moment, but there is a line that should not be crossed and it was.”

King’s Lynn says any Worksop supporters attempting to get into the home game on Tuesday night will be thrown off without compensation.

A club statement on Sunday said: “We appreciate that many Worksop fans behave in a decent and respectable manner and that the few have ruined it for the many.”

“As a club, fan safety is of the utmost importance to King’s Lynn Town FC and we will always do everything in our power to ensure that fans in our stadium can watch the game without fear.”

In response, Worksop said: “There was no evidence of drunkenness or any breach of the laws relating to the purchase and consumption of alcohol at Saturday’s game.”

Their statement continued: “For 99 minutes of play, the game reflected the good-natured attention of the spectators and our fans received King’s Lynn’s goal (against the run of play) with goodwill, which separated the teams until the last minute when we … Only then did the behavior of the King’s Lynn fans turn ugly.”

The club also said that nine volunteer stewards and five other security guards were present at the game.

Worksop reached the third round of the FA Cup in 1955/56, but were eliminated by Swindon Town.

King’s Lynn’s best cup run took them to the second round proper in 2020/21 before losing to Portsmouth. They did this again two seasons later, but lost at home to Stevenage.