Kenny Jackett fears FA punishment after Portsmouth's heated post-match scuffle with Oxford United

After the 1-1 draw with Oxford, Ronan Curtis and the U’s substitute John Mousinho clashed as players left the pitch.

It sparked a melee on the Fratton Park turf between both sets of players, with referee Tim Robinson subsequently booking both Curtis and Mousinho.

Unbeknown to Jackett during his post-match media duties, photographs would also emerge of the U’s Matty Taylor grabbing Curtis’ genitalia during the incident.

Regardless, Pompey’s boss believes the club could be handed a fine or warning over the initial incident which sparked the scenes.

He said: ‘It is what it is, at that moment both Ronan Curtis and one of their players were booked.

‘It was a coming together, so will get reported, but I did feel the whole incident was over before it started.

‘It was one of those where there were a lot of staff on the pitch, that’s not right either.

‘Staff shouldn’t be on the pitch at all. I wasn’t myself.

‘It was an incident which was something of nothing, I didn’t think there were any punches thrown. It was over before it really set off.

‘But both clubs will get charged for that. It could be a fine or maybe a warning, it depends how many times you have done it.

‘But that type of incident is against the rules, even if it was over before it started. It’s not allowed.

‘It was a big coming together of people. I was quite close to it and didn’t see any punches thrown.’

At the weekend, Preston's Darnell Fisher was captured carrying out a similar act on Sheffield Wednesday's Callum Paterson during their Championship encounter.

Fisher has since been charged by the FA – a punishment which could also befall Taylor for his actions on Curtis.

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