WESTFIELDS player Craig Jones says there is no place for violence in football after his brother was allegedly punched following a heated game at the weekend.

West Mercia Police have confirmed they are investigating what happened immediately after Westfields’ 2-2 draw with Lye Town at allpay.park last Saturday.

Gareth Jones, who is the brother of Westfields midfielder Craig Jones, sustained a chipped tooth and a cut under his eye.

“We were having our team talk after the game, so we didn’t see all of it, but when you come across you can tell what’s happened,” said Craig Jones.

“I thought football had moved on and I don’t think there’s a place in the league for teams like that.”

Jones admits his family do ‘give as good as they get’ during matches, but that does not excuse what happened.

“You go to Old Trafford or any of the biggest stadiums in the world, you get stick,” he said.

“They’re never going to run onto the pitch and be violent to anyone, it’s what you call friendly banter.

"For somebody to react like that, I think is disgraceful.

“My brother gives as good as he gets, but I know he would never do what happened to him.

“We played at Curzon Ashton and there are six or seven-year-old boys telling you where to go, but you can’t react like that.

“It’s part of football, but whatever happens during a game, nothing like that should happen afterwards.”

Westfields manager Sean Edwards also added that ‘banter’ is part and parcel of football.

“We’ve got to go up there at the end of the season and we’ll have as much banter as that,” he said.

“But you don’t run up and punch someone.”

Lye manager Martin Thomas said he did not see a punch being thrown, but believed Westfields could have done more to protect both set of players.

“The abuse coming at our players from a section of the crowd was shocking, calling every name possible,” said Thomas.

"The referee didn't help, but you've got to control your crowd – that's the rules in football – and I don't think they did.

"The crowd underneath the stand was disgraceful and what I could hear was bad.

"There were no stewards and no protection to the players coming off the field, and that's the responsibility of the home club."

A West Mercia Police spokesman confirmed they were made aware of the incident shortly before 5.30pm.

"It is reported a verbal altercation took place and a man in his 20's was assaulted," reads the statement.

"He sustained facial injuries as a result.

"Enquiries are currently ongoing but officers are keen for anyone who saw the assault, who has any footage of the incident, or who was in the area at the time to come forward."

Anyone with information can call West Mercia Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555, 111 quoting incident number 607S of December 10.