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Yeovil Town Football Club have said that they will cooperate fully with the authorities after the Glovers' FA Cup tie with Haringey Borough was abandoned.

The game was halted midway through the second half amid claims that Haringey goalkeeper Valery Pajetet had been subjected to racism from supporters in the away end.

A water bottle was thrown at Pajetet from the stand while there are further allegations that the goalkeeper was spat at.

In a statement, the club said that it would not accept racism or discrimination and that the claims will form a key part of its investigation.

A spokesman for Yeovil Town said: "We will be cooperating with the authorities and our friends at Haringey Borough regarding events leading up to today’s fixture not being completed.

"We are aware that there are allegations that racist comments were made in the crowd and this allegation will be a key part of any investigation.

"Irrespective of the outcome of any investigations, we would like to make it clear that the club will not accept racism or discrimination in any form.

"The club will be making no further comment until the current investigations are completed."

Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll said he felt the club "did the right thing" in agreeing to halt the game.

He said: "We don't know who, where or why, but there was an allegation or accusation of racism going on towards the players of Haringey.

"I'm not accusing anyone of doing or saying anything but what I definitely knew in that moment is that somebody felt discriminated against.

"We get a lot of abuse, footballers, but nobody should feel discriminated against when it comes to playing football.

"The players and I, along with Scott, decided that we've support and make a stand together and just make that moment a little bit stronger with togetherness.

"I just felt we did the right thing. The rest will take care of itself."

It is unclear whether the game will be replayed, but the incident is now likely to be investigated by the Football Association, who will decide whether any action will be taken against either club.

Yeovil supporters who are at the game condemned the behaviour of a 'minority' of supporters, but a number have denied that racial abuse was shouted from the terraces.

Glovers fan Seb tweeted : "I was stood behind the goal for the decision and the resulting penalty and if I'd heard any racist abuse I'd have thrown the b*****" straight onto the pitch. I didn't."

Rob Mayor added : "Suggestion in the away end is that this kicked off after the penalty was awarded when the goalkeeper sprayed fans with a water bottle. Fans stood next to the flashpoint are adamant there was no racist abuse which appears to have been suggested."

Ben Barrett condemned the throwing of a bottle from the Yeovil end onto the pitch as "abhorrent".

He tweeted : "We can only really deal in facts at this stage. The allegation of racism will have to be investigated properly to be commented on.

"But throwing a bottle onto a pitch is nothing short of abhorrent behaviour."