VMT

Aston Villa are considering an appeal against a hefty ?200,000 Football Association fine for the pitch invasion at Villa Park after their FA Cup quarter-final win against West Bromwich Albion on 7 March.

The FA believes the fine reflects the seriousness of the incident in which some West Brom players were targeted by Villa fans, and it also takes into consideration the club?s income and the current broadcast deal.

The previous sizeable fine for a pitch invasion was the ?115,000 levied against West Ham for crowd trouble during a Carling Cup tie against Millwall in 2009.

Villa admitted the charge of ?spectator misconduct? for the episode, when seats were thrown into the away end and there were pitch invasions in injury time of the 2-0 win, and then again at full-time.

Posted By: SCC 28 on May 17th 2015 at 18:19:52

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Strange old mix of attitudes towards pitch invasions (NCFC) - Arnhem ball boy, May 17, 17:51:12
- TBF (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 17, 18:16:05
  - VMT (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 17, 18:19:52
    - Ok - yes. Forgot about the chair throwing etc. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 17, 18:23:52
- villa vs wba rightly condemned for trouble (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 17, 18:11:50
- Spot on (NCFC) - norway, May 17, 17:52:27
  - Saw someone say police horses had to be brought onto the pitch to 'control' our fans (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 17, 17:58:30
    - It was all just fine. Horses came on when fans went towards Ipswich - sensible precaution. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 17, 18:00:09
      - horses were stupid IMHO (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 17, 18:14:22
      - Police ended up with two lines of segregation on the pitch (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 17, 18:01:58

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