Club fined £10,000?

[The Oldman]

Is it a wind up? Just been told club fined £10.000 for the fracas at West Ham

 

[John Boy]

Yes. And McGhee fined £1500 for swearing at the ref at Ipswich.

 

[nomad]

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

That really does take the piss. The FA are living in a dreamworld.

 

[Silent Bob]

How much have West Ham been fined?

 

[Zeitgeist]

There's nothing on the FA or West Ham websites. The FA site details the charges against the two clubs, but no mention of any verdict.

 

[Bwian]

Puts the fine the racist Spaniards got into perspective doesn't it?

 

[perth seagull]

£10k is a bit excessive!

 

[SK1NT]

10 k more than premiership clubs! how much did arsenal and man u get fined for that pizza incident?

 

[Gazwag]

Maybe the club should deduct it from the players wages in proportion to their earnings

 

[binary]

Do we claim means testing so we can pay it off at £1.00 per week?

 

[Storer68]

West Ham and Brighton fined by FA
Brighton and West Ham have each been fined and warned by the Football Association for the brawl during their Championship match in November.
Several players were involved in an incident, which saw Adam Virgo and Hayden Mullins sent off.

A statement on the FA read: "West Ham United and Brighton & Hove Albion were each fined £10,000 and warned as to their future conduct."

Brighton eventually won the match 1-0 at Upton Park on 13 November.

 

[bhafc99]

Just what we need.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Ten. Thousand. Pounds?

Ok, I wasn't at the game so didn't see it, but f***ing HELL.

That's basically all the money raised by the club's appeal fund so far, isn't it?

This is outrageous. I'm writing to Brian Barwick.

 

[n1 gull]

I know the fine is a bit much, but just reading about it brings back memories of a bloody good day out.
Still difficult to believe we beat West Ham at their place, now just bring on Spurs!

 

[Scoffers]

Given the circumstances that the club finds itself, a £10,000 fine is a staggering amount. I'd love to know the criteria to which they use to come up with such a figure.

So, if there is a brawl in the Yeading v Newcastle match, that the FA would fine Yeading the same as Newcastle ?

There is no doubt that a £10k fine for us is much more of a slap on the wrist to us than it is to WHU.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Just sent posted this via the FA "comments form" on its website (http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/ContactUs/Postings/2004/06/Customer_Relations):

I simply cannot believe that the FA has fined Brighton and Hove Albion TEN THOUSAND POUNDS for the fracas at West Ham. Can you blazer-wearing cretins actually see past the end of your own spectacles? While ten thousand pounds might cause a small dent in your average Premiership player or manager's weekly wage packet, it is a seismic amount to a club which hasn't got its own ground and will remain drastically in debt until planning permission is granted for a new one by John Prescott (a process which has so far taken more than four years). I quote from your own website: "Football For All is about fairness. It's about doing things properly. About making sure everyone has a chance to be involved in football, regardless of ability, race or religion. About encouraging and increasing the involvement of groups at all levels of football by recognising that inequalities exist and taking steps to address them."

Might I suggest that those inequalities also extend to wealth? Brighton and Hove Albion has recently had to sell two of its best players and ask its fans to donate cash to the club. I suspect that all the cash donated will now be swallowed up by this ludicrous, unjust, and spiteful punishment. I hope you all feel guilty.

 

[Easy 10]

Well said Pevensey.
£10,000 for that poxy little scuffle at Upton Park is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS, and given our circumstances with the Alive & Kicking appeal, its a massive kick in the teeth for the club AND the fans.

I hope DK and MP appeal this decision, but then again, whats the point ? Who can they appeal to ? There isn't another arbitrary body seperate from the FA who they can take this to (other than lawyers, which would be self-defeating anyway).

This f***ing SUCKS.

 

[Stinky Kat]

Just sent posted this via the FA "comments form" on its website (http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/ContactUs/Postings/2004/06/Customer_Relations):

I simply cannot believe that the FA has fined Brighton and Hove Albion TEN THOUSAND POUNDS for the fracas at West Ham. Can you blazer-wearing cretins actually see past the end of your own spectacles? While ten thousand pounds might cause a small dent in your average Premiership player or manager's weekly wage packet, it is a seismic amount to a club which hasn't got its own ground and will remain drastically in debt until planning permission is granted for a new one by John Prescott (a process which has so far taken more than four years). I quote from your own website: "Football For All is about fairness. It's about doing things properly. About making sure everyone has a chance to be involved in football, regardless of ability, race or religion. About encouraging and increasing the involvement of groups at all levels of football by recognising that inequalities exist and taking steps to address them."

Might I suggest that those inequalities also extend to wealth? Brighton and Hove Albion has recently had to sell two of its best players and ask its fans to donate cash to the club. I suspect that all the cash donated will now be swallowed up by this ludicrous, unjust, and spiteful punishment. I hope you all feel guilty.

I am going to e-mail comments too, the FA are absolutely out of touch, faceless beauacratic twits!. Are they trying to kill our club!

 

[trueblue]

That is unbelievable. It was only bloody handbags anyway, apart from Virgo and the other guy who both got red cards.