Following the final league match of the season against Leeds United, the Club has conducted a thorough internal review of its operations and has completed a de-brief with the Avon and Somerset Police.

The fixture attracted a record attendance at Huish Park and represented the most demanding test of resources and procedures since the FA Cup match against Liverpool in 2004.

Leeds United have the sixth largest supporter following in the country but due to the size of the ground and the accompanying segregation issues the Club was only able to provide the visitors with 1600 tickets.

This scenario risked a substantial number of Leeds fans attempting to purchase their tickets in "home" designated areas.

At a very early stage, it became apparent that a few tickets had been purchased online by people residing at northern addresses.

Although this did not necessarily mean that the buyers were Leeds supporters it raised sufficient concerns for the Club to introduce a robust policy for the sale of tickets in relation to this fixture.

Thereafter no tickets were sold to people living outside of designated local post code areas and purchasers were limited to four tickets per person.

Many prospective purchasers were refused the opportunity to buy tickets because they were unable to convince staff in the ticket office that they were Yeovil Town supporters.

Despite these efforts a number of Leeds fans were evident in the Cowlin, Agusta Westland and Carlsberg stands.

In the majority of cases these fans conducted themselves in a perfectly acceptable manner.

However, there were also other contingents that were determined to infiltrate the "home" areas and behave inappropriately.

We apologise to any Yeovil Town fans whose enjoyment of the game and the occasion was impaired by the presence of these particular fans.

Although the review of operations has highlighted areas where improvements can be made in managing the safety and security of our fans for any future high profile match the stewards and police must be commended for the part they played in containing the potential trouble makers and thereby preventing any serious disorder.

Most of all however, the Club would like to praise and thank the Yeovil Town fans for the considerable restraint they showed in the response to the intimidation generated by the small minority of Leeds fans intent on causing disruption.

The Police Intelligence Officer has informed us that Yeovil Town fans are amongst the best behaved in the Football League, home and away, and that is something of which we should all be proud.