Somerset Trojans goalkeeper Shaquille Bean and Dandy Town supporters were involved in ugly scenes at the end of yesterday’s Friendship Trophy quarter-final at St John’s Field.

Bean appeared to exchange angry words with Hornets fans behind his goal throughout the second half and had to be dragged away by a security guard and team-mate Jonny Bean as tempers flared at the final whistle.

Police were quickly on hand to diffuse the situation and escort the visiting side to their team bus, which was surrounded by police vehicles, parked outside the Western Stars Sports Club.

Yesterday’s incident was not the first time there has been trouble at a fixture between Town and Trojans this season.

The rear window of Town’s team bus was smashed by a brick thrown by some youths after a Premier Division match at Somerset Cricket Club in October.

Town defeated Trojans 3-1 yesterday, with Damon Ming giving Town a first-half lead with a superb strike before Korvon Tucker doubled his team’s advantage midway through the second half.

Bean pulled a goal back for Trojans after Dale Eve, the Town goalkeeper, had fumbled a left-footed shot from Justin Donawa on 75 minutes.

However, Angelo Simmons, the Town captain, killed off any hopes of a comeback for the visiting side with a goal late on.

“I was definitely pleased with our performance today and we played as a team,” Jomar Wilkinson, the Town coach, said.

“We’re heading in the right direction as we got off to a slow start this season.”

At Bernard Park, home side and eight-times Friendship Trophy winners North Village came from behind to thump Devonshire Colts 4-1.

Eli Smith put Colts ahead in the 46th minute before Village hit back with four goals from Ralph Bean (two), Keishen Bean, the captain, and teenager Enyche Zuill.

“We fell behind and sometimes the game goes that way,” Randy Spence, the assistant Village coach, said.

“You just have to regroup, stick to the game plan and the results will come.

“Even though we went behind I always felt that it was a matter of time before we scored and the game is played for 90 minutes.

“We took a long time to acknowledge the high line they were setting defensively, there was a lot of real estate behind them where we could have played the ball through more often.

“I felt we were playing too much in front of them.

“At half -time we talked about it and then as you can see the goals came.”

At Goose Gosling Field, Trey Tucker’s first half strike earned Devonshire Cougars a 1-0 victory over Robin Hood.

“We tried a new formation and it came off for us and I am proud of my players who again showed character,” Omar Butterfield, the Cougars coach, said.

PHC Zebras thrashed Flanagan’s Onions 5-1 at Goose Gosling Field on Saturday night.

Marco Warren bagged a brace and Tristan Hall, Keishon Bean and Javaaid Warren-Smith also found the net for PHC. Keston Lewis, the Onions striker, scored a first-half penalty to make it 3-1.

Despite his team’s emphatic victory, Scott Morton, the PHC coach, believed there was plenty of room for improvement.

“Even though we scored two early goals, which I definitely appreciated, I felt we needed a more complete performance,” Morton said.

“I don’t mean that as in goalscoring opportunities but as in understanding what to do when we don’t have the ball and making things more difficult for the opposition. Those were the things I was not happy with.”