By Paul Green and Sunni Upal

MILLWALL manager Kenny Jackett says the club will continue to work hard to lose the Lions’ bad reputation after today’s FA Cup semi-final defeat at Wembley was marred by crowd disorder among a small minority of fans.

The Lions were beaten 2-0 by Wigan at the national stadium but the result was overshadowed by fighting during the second half in the Millwall end behind the goal.

Today’s trouble is sure to dominate the news agenda in the coming days as Millwall’s name wants again gets dragged through the mud, with 10 arrests already made by the Met and more certain to follow.

Jackett revealed afterwards he hadn’t seen the disturbance but acknowledged Millwall’s reputation will continue to hold them back off the field if trouble isn’t eradicated once and for all.

He said: “I haven’t seen any TV images of it.

“I’m not saying it didn’t happen but as I said I haven’t been watching the television or haven’t seen any images of it.

“Until I actually do see those it is going to be very, very difficult for me to comment and form my own opinion.

“For myself and us we are continuing to progress as a club because that has been our greatest challenge.

“We’ve come out of League One where we are walking on attendances of nine to ten thousand average and we want to try to work very hard to keep the momentum of the club going forward in a very competitive Championship.

“And to some degree for us that is our greatest challenge, to keep that going forward.

“They are all things that are on the pitch but I understand what you are saying and if crowd trouble is going to continually be brought up with Millwall, obviously I do agree that will hold us back as well.

“As well as we are trying to find the equation to keeping the momentum going for the club on the pitch that will hold us back if that happens repeatedly.”

Jackett added: “We’ve worked very hard.

“The chief executive Andy Ambler, the chairman John Berylson and the board of directors generally have worked very, very hard to do everything we possibly can to try to be trouble free.

“We’ve had many, many games – big high profile games – where things have gone very well.

“Our work in the community, our work with our players in the community is considerable and we’ve done I can assure you everything we possibly can and will continue to try to do that to help the profile of the club and certainly in the south London community.”

Meanwhile, the Football Association have promised a tough response against anyone involved in today’s trouble.

An FA spokesman said: “The Metropolitan Police and he FA are this evening investigating scenes of sporadic violence and disorder in the Millwall FC end at today’s FA cup semi-final.

“The FA and Wembley Stadium will work with police and representatives of Millwall FC to review all events.

“We will look to ensure those involved are identified and we would call for criminal charges and a football banning order to be brought against them.

“The FA deplore the scenes which have taken place, which are unacceptable.

“Everything will be done to take action against those involved.”

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