THE Football Association will investigate the remarkable scenes at the end of Salisbury's home match with Rushden that left ex-Saints midfielder Tommy Widdrington with a suspected broken nose.

Widdrington, City's player coach, was injured at the end of the match after being the victim of an alleged headbutt by Diamonds manager Garry Hill, the former Weymouth boss.

The incident, which took place right in front of Devon referee Andrew Rodda, was captured on video and Salisbury have already sent a DVD to Soho Square.

Widdrington declined to comment when contacted by the Echo last night, and Salisbury boss Nick Holmes refused to get drawn into the controversy either.

The Blue South Premier game had ended 1-1 with Salisbury equalising late on through Marvin Brown.

Both sides played the last 20 minutes with ten men after City's Michael Fowler and Curtis Woodhouse had been dismissed by Rodda - who is profoundly dea, who uses a hearing aid and can pick up swearing as he is a good lip-reader - for their roles in a mass brawl.

All 20 outfield players were involved in the scuffles which were sparked by Fowler challenging Woodhouse.

Holmes would only say: "If Michael Fowler's tackle was a two footed one, then he deserved a red card - that's the law of the land these days".

On the after-match incident involving Widdrington, Holmes added: "The FA have the DVD of the game and that incident.

"They and the officials will hopefully be able to deal with the matter - that's what they are there for".

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