Acrimonious and sometimes violent scenes at last month's FA Cup clash between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest will be shown in a TV documentary on Monday.

Filmmakers from Channel 4's acclaimed Coppers series followed Nottinghamshire Police's Territorial Support Group (TSG) during the match at the City Ground.

The game, attended by 8,000 travelling City fans, was marred by alleged racist chants aimed at Leicester's Asian community.

The programme's cameras followed the action inside and outside the ground and includes footage from cameras fitted to the TSG officers.

Simon Ford, executive producer for Blast! Films, which makes the series, said: "The principle behind it is to let people see how increasingly difficult it is for the police to do their job. We set out to be as honest as possible.

"In Monday's programme, the police see how ordinary middle-aged men who go to football matches go there to wind up the crowd.

"We see a scuffle involving a middle-aged guy repeatedly cajoling the other side and the police telling him to stop behaving like a kid and get back on the coach.We also filmed two people being arrested.

"The police wonder what it is that turns people who are otherwise respectable into idiots."

He added: "There were several scuffles outside and it got a bit nasty.

"The TSG officers play a cat-and-mouse game with the tiny hardcore minority of football fans determined to engage in violence with rival supporters."

During the match, two Forest fans were ejected by stewards and 11 people were arrested.

Of the 11 arrested, nine were Leicester fans – two in a relation to a charge of threatening behaviour arising from a fight near the ground.

Two Forest fans are also on bail on charges arising from that incident.

A spokesperson for Nottinghamshire Police said: "We saw this as an opportunity to show the problems encountered by a modern-day police force and the professionalism of our officers in dealing with those challenges whilst working across a range of operational roles.

"The series provides a unique insight and offers greater understanding of the challenges the police face and a greater appreciation of our work."

Coppers is on Channel 4 on Monday at 9pm.