FORMER Derby County defender Paul Connolly could be in hot water after appearing to hit a Brentford fan in Crawley Town's 1-0 defeat at Griffin Park.
Connolly, now with Crawley, appeared to lose his cool and squared up to a fan, who threw the ball back forcefully, before appearing to swing his right arm at the supporter.
The incident happened late in the game when the ball went out for a throw in into the crowd.
The full back was ushered away from the incident by stewards and was no action was taken by referee Steve Martin.
Missiles, including a plastic bottle, were thrown from the stands and Brentford have said they will look at every camera angle they have available before taking any action.
The Football Association have now confirmed that they are looking into the incident.
Brentford CEO Mark Devlin said: "It does look as though the ball went into the crowd, and from what I could see it was thrown towards the player. He didn't like it and there appeared to be an exchange, whether was a slap or a punch or whatever.
"The club will wait to see what the police say and then take it up with Crawley. If the Football League ask us for our input we will investigate it and let them know from our point of view what's gone one."
