A Braishfield man was one of 12 football thugs beginning prison sentences this week as police stepped up their hunt for others involved in the terrifying post-match scenes that marred the fifth-round FA Cup clash with Portsmouth.

Lewis Buckley, 24, of The Millburns, admitted throwing two coins in anger after being struck on the leg by an object thrown by a rival fan.

He also surrendered himself to the police and claimed he had “no desire” to watch another football match. He received 12 months.

Sentences of up to 16 months as well as six-year banning orders were handed to the men who were key figures in the violence minutes after the game, which Saints lost 4-1 in February.

About 100 troublemakers ran from St Mary’s Stadium to a nearby garage where temporary fencing had been installed to keep rival fans apart. Missiles, including stones, bottles of urine, pieces of wood, coins, wing mirrors and hub caps, were hurled. One pensioner needed stitches after being struck in the face, a 51-year-old man was cut near his eye and a police officer hit on the leg.

The frightened garage manager locked himself inside.

Damage to vehicles and fencing was estimated at about £30,000.

Passing sentence at Southampton Crown Court, Judge Gary Burrell, QC, told the men: “All of you had been drinking and many of you were drunk or very drunk. I have to have regard to the effect this kind of offence has on the public and on law-abiding football spectators. It is the collective effect of the violent disorder that is important.

“Those who live in this city and go peacefully to football matches are entitled to look to the law for protection and to the court to punish those who behave violently.

“The effects of custody will be devastating on your personal lives, your family and work. The message this court is sending out is simple: engage in violent football disorder and you will go to prison, however good a person you are and however significant the effect on your loved ones and your work.”

Several defendants were caught and identified after police released photos taken from CCTV footage of the incident.

Detective Sergeant Will Whale said police were continuing to look for others who had yet to be arrested. After the hearing, he said: “People were warned not to attend and cause disorder. They engaged in disorder freely where innocent members of the public were injured and frightened.

“I feel sorry for the families in court today, but I don’t feel sorry for the individuals who went to prison.”