A TOTAL of 13 people were arrested at the play-off final between Bradford City and Millwall, the Metropolitan Police have revealed today.

The Met said there had been 12 arrests at Wembley Stadium for a number of offences including drugs offences, banning order contraventions and pitch invasion.

Match Commander Superintendent Jon Williams said: "Match stewards and police officers inside the ground worked quickly to safely deal with those who entered the playing area shortly after the final whistle.

"The vast majority of those who entered the pitch left of their own accord. A post-event investigation is underway to identify those who illegally entered the playing surface."

The Met's statement came amid calls for more action to be taken against the “idiot” Millwall fans who invaded the Wembley pitch after their side’s victory over Bradford City in Saturday’s League One Play-off Final.

Hundreds of Lions fans entered the field at full-time after Steve Morison’s 85th-minute goal fired their club back into the Championship and some goaded the Bantams’ players and manager Stuart McCall, who claimed he was close to physically confronting them.

Several incidents also took place outside the stadium following the game, with one video taken by Telegraph & Argus reporter Mark Stanford showing a group of Millwall fans confronting City supporters in an “unprovoked attack” by throwing traffic cones and punching and kicking someone who appeared to be on the ground.

City manager Stuart McCall, along with some of his players, came face-to-face with the mob as they invaded the pitch, and the Bantams boss felt a lot more could have been done to keep the Millwall supporters away. He said: “We’ve got to learn. Everyone in the whole place knew the fans were coming on. I still don’t understand why they want to come and goad myself and our players when they’ve won a game. Enjoy your moment.

“I was close to clocking a couple because they were coming up in my face.

“That’s not sour grapes. But ten minutes after the event, an army of stewards walk on. Where were they straight after the game when they should have been on the halfway line?”

“I think Wembley will have to look at that for next season.”

City co-owner Stefan Rupp said he was also shocked by the ugly post-match scenes.

He said: “Football fans are always a bit enthusiastic. If that enthusiasm is combined with alcohol, then you get things like that, which have nothing to do with football and shouldn’t be seen on a pitch.

“People want to celebrate but when it’s endangering people’s safety, then that’s going a bit too far. It’s only football, we’re not going to war or anything like that.”

Rupp said he was relieved to see that City’s supporters did not respond to the Millwall invasion before order was eventually restored. He said: “I’m very proud of our fans. They saw the occasion for what it was, a family experience. It was an exciting Saturday afternoon, which should be fun for everybody.

“All our supporters came with their kids and that’s what you want, you don’t want a civil war in a football stadium on a Saturday afternoon. That’s complete rubbish and they’re in the wrong place if that’s what they want to do.”

Adam Baker, secretary of the Bradford City Supporters Trust, said representatives of the Supporters Board had joined City officials in a conference call on Thursday night with the Met Police and Wembley safety officers to try and ensure the safety of supporters attending the game.

He said: “We thought lessons had been learned and I know that plans were put in place, but when push came to shove, there was not the swift reaction we were promised. There were stewards in place, but they just didn’t respond. I don’t know why the plans weren’t acted upon.

“Until the end of the game, there was a great atmosphere in the ground. Then in a split second, everything changed.

“The idiots got on the pitch, and even their own players and manager were trying to get them off.

“It’ is beyond individual clubs and supporters’ groups to try and tackle this, the FA and the Football League have to step in, they have to be strong enough to take action.

“The punishment shouldn’t penalise the players or the true fans that Millwall have, but until they are hit with something like matches being played being closed doors, it won’t change.

“I haven’t even seen a statement from the club condemning what happened.”

Mike Harrison, editor of the City Gent fanzine, said Millwall fans had tried to justify the trouble by attributing it to ‘day tripper’ fans, saying that while the club only got around nine or ten thousand fans at normal home games, 27,000 fans travelled to the final.

He said: “How are these 18,000 people getting tickets? Someone at the club must be controlling that. You feel sorry for the proper fans. Every club has its idiots, but Millwall have more than everyone else put together.

“Unless something is done, either by the club, the FA, or whoever, it’ll go one like this for donkey’s years.

“I expected the day might be spoilt by something like this, and my expectations were met.

“When they got on the pitch, the players were in danger. We couldn’t applaud our team, and it just tainted the whole experience.

“Wembley is sacrosanct, it’s the hallowed turf. Nobody invades the pitch at Wembley, but they did. Invading any pitch is a criminal offence, but they do it every time and nobody ever does anything about it.

“Surely this time, some kind of action has to be taken.”

A number of City fans contacted the T&A on social media following the game, demanding that Millwall be punished for what went on.

Robert Light, Conservative councillor for Birstall and Birkenshaw, said: “This is not acceptable, young girls with us were terrified. Action should be taken against the club, throw them out of the football league.”

Another, Alan Biggins, said: “Something should be done about them, but I doubt it will. They should be kicked out of the league and placed in the bottom tier of the pyramid.

“They get away with this behaviour year upon year, but the powers that be are too weak.”

Following the game, a statement was issued on the Wembley Stadium Twitter account that read: “We do not condone the scenes at the final whistle of today’s League One play-off final, which saw some fans enter onto the pitch.

“The matter was dealt with by Wembley Stadium’s security response team and no injuries were reported.

“It is an offence to enter the pitch and we will be working with the relevant authorities and Millwall Football Club in an attempt to identify those individuals involved and we will take appropriate action if required.

“We will also undergo a thorough debrief with our security team to help avoid repeat incidents for upcoming events.”

A spokesman for the English Football League said they would not be adding to the Wembley statement, and no official statements regarding the incident were released by the Metropolitan Police, Millwall FC, or Bradford City FC yesterday.

Millwall forward Aiden O’Brien defended the club’s fans, stating: “They have the right to do that you know.

“It’s a team thing and they’re part of the team. They can run on the pitch in my eyes for all they want, they deserve to.”

Millwall won the Family Club of the Year title at the EFL awards this month.