Colin Todd called in the police over the abuse he received on the touchline at Doncaster last night.

The City boss was so angry with the comments from home fans behind the dug-out he moved up into the directors' box for 20 minutes of the second half.

Afterwards he spoke to several officers to register a complaint about the "unacceptable" behaviour of a section of the Belle Vue crowd.

Todd said: "The sort of people who shout this abuse need educating and that's what I told the police. I've had it here before.

"It's something that the League Managers' Association are looking into because it cannot continue. Players and managers are expected to take all this abuse and then as soon as we have a little go back they are like a pack of wolves. You're trying to be sensible in what you are saying but you cannot tell them anything. Something needs to be done."

It soured a lively Yorkshire derby which saw City scorn a two-goal lead - both scored by Dean Windass, who took his season's tally to seven - before clambering back to earn a 3-3 draw with a late free-kick by Marc Bridge-Wilkinson.

Despite the fightback, Todd felt his side had let a second successive away victory slip through their fingers.

"We got off to a great start with two good goals and were always a threat but there was that little period just after half-time when they came strong and we lost our way," he said.

"We were controlling the game at 2-0 up but then got punished with a bad first goal and that seemed to diminish our belief because we came out after half-time looking very negative and that's not like us.

"I think we could argue that it was never a free-kick for their second goal but we didn't defend the ball into the box very well. It was a dodgy period for us and it was only after they got the third that we steadied the ship again.

"But Doncaster are a good side who have spent a lot of money and they will give teams trouble at home. It showed our character that we were able to come back after that difficult spell.

"There were positives, especially in that first half, and we've shown again that our attacking play is very strong but we have to learn to control the game for longer periods."

Bridge-Wilkinson added: "Doncaster is a tough place to come and quite intimidating but when you've made a start like that and gone 2-0 up, then it's definitely two points dropped."