Birmingham City forward Troy Deeney has made a heartfelt plea to the FA to look into player safety after a rise in incidents involving supporters clashing with players and managers.
Nottingham Forest were involved in one incident on Tuesday (May 17) when season ticket holder Robert Biggs, 30, was caught on television cameras assaulting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp during a pitch invasion after Forest's penalty shoot-out win over the Blades in the play-offs at the City Ground. Biggs has been jailed for 24 weeks.
Further incidents took place after Port Vale's play-off semi-final win over Swindon Town, as well as after Everton's win over Crystal Palace at Goodison Park - a result which secured the Toffees' Premier League survival.
