Sunderland will cooperate fully with attempts to identify troublemakers in the aftermath of the scenes that accompanied the Wearside club’s first home victory over Newcastle United since 1980 on Saturday.

Over the course of Roy Keane’s team’s 2-1 win at the Stadium of Light, 29 arrests were made, missiles were thrown at Joey Barton, the Newcastle midfield player, two supporters confronted Shay Given – the Newcastle goalkeeper who had a spell on loan at Sunderland in 1996 – in his goalmouth and the final whistle prompted a pitch invasion. Outside the ground, a mounted police officer was struck by a lit firework.

Although 500 police officers were on duty for the 140th Tyne-Wear derby, segregation between rival fans was limited, with pockets of fighting at the end coinciding with bottle and coin throwing. Northumbria Police pointed out that the “vast majority of fans behaved well [and] 29 arrests out of a capacity crowd is still low”, but the FA will press for action.

“The club does not condone any antisocial behaviour,” a Sunderland official said. “We will be diligent and review the footage and act accordingly where necessary.” As a club, Sunderland are unlikely to face any disciplinary sanctions. The FA said: “We will be working closely with all parties involved in an attempt to make sure that anyone involved in Saturday’s unsavoury scenes are forced to feel the full weight of the law. That could mean a lifetime banning order preventing those individuals from attending any ground in the country.”

Sunderland’s ground has previously witnessed incursions on to the pitch – including during England’s 2-0 victory over Turkey in 2003, although the club were not responsible for the policing of that match – and there was disquiet at the ease with which a pair of fans confronted Given in the mayhem after Kieran Richardson’s winning goal.

“It was a bit unsavoury,” Given said. “We’re big rivals but the fans should celebrate off the pitch. We don’t want to lose passion, but people running on to the pitch and shouting in players’ faces, that’s nothing short of stupidity.

“It was hard for me to keep my temper. It got close to something happening. You’re feeling low enough after conceding a goal so the last thing you want is some idiot coming on and roaring abuse in your face. You’ve got to count to ten in your head.”

Joe Kinnear, Newcastle’s interim manager, said: “The first thing you have got to ask yourself is, were they underpoliced? If people are going to have a pitch fight where are the police?”