A DOZEN football supporters have admitted taking part in post-match clashes between rival Southampton and Portsmouth fans following their FA Cup tie in February.

The men, who principally come from Southampton, admitted an allegation of violent disorder outside St Mary’s Stadium on February 13.

Several of them had handed themselves in to the police following a front page article in the Daily Echo.

The charge relates to incidents that happened by Freeborn Motors in Britannia Road shortly after the game, in which Saints were beaten 4-1.

The men were Marcus Bevan, 22, of Warburton Road, Thornhill; Michael Byles, 24, of Aldermoor Road; James Koral, 20, of Haddon Drive, Eastleigh; Matthew Hinton, 19, of Hillside Avenue; Lewis Buckley, 24, of The Millburns, Romsey; James Smith, 34, of Brentwood Crescent; Xavier Whyte, 22, of Wilton Road; Kevin Medway, 28, of Grenville Court, Townhill Park; Cameron Jordan, 21, of Middle Road, Sholing; Stephen Jordan, 49, of Middle Road, Sholing; and Christopher Stevens, 46, of Stagbrake Close.

Another defendant, Alan Taylor, 20, of Wilton Road, Southampton, had admitted the same charge at an earlier hearing and they all had bail enlarged pending sentence at the city crown court on June 11.

Judge Gary Burrell QC, who was handed applications for football banning orders by the prosecution, told them: “Don’t take this adjournment as an indication of sentences. All options remain open, including immediate imprisonment.”

Two other men, Martyn Bishop, 42, of Wheatlands, Fareham, and Ross Phillips, 28, of Swift Road, Woolston, pleaded not guilty. They also had bail renewed for their trial in November.

● Police say they are working on a number of lines of inquiry following a second wave of pictures that were released of suspected hooligans.

Officers published more photos obtained from trawling through CCTV footage of scenes outside St Mary’s stadium following Saints’ defeat to Portsmouth in the FA Cup.

A Hampshire police spokesman said a number of names had been put forward.

No arrests have yet been made.