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Club fined £10,000?
- Thread starter The Oldman
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Have emailed FA as follows
"I have learnt that the FA's disciplinary committee has Fined Brighton & Hove Albion £10,000 for a brawl at a match against West Ham.
Brighton currently is in a desperate financial state with an ongoing financial appeal by the club to raise £2million pounds to keep the club alive as it prepares for another public inquiry on it's application to build a new stadium at Falmer. Fans have so far paid over £250,000 to the club to keep it alive . Many fans have spent hours raising funds as have others. To think that this effort is negated by such a swingeing fine.Surely it could be lessened or postponed in view of the club's financial state?
Please reconsider"
"I have learnt that the FA's disciplinary committee has Fined Brighton & Hove Albion £10,000 for a brawl at a match against West Ham.
Brighton currently is in a desperate financial state with an ongoing financial appeal by the club to raise £2million pounds to keep the club alive as it prepares for another public inquiry on it's application to build a new stadium at Falmer. Fans have so far paid over £250,000 to the club to keep it alive . Many fans have spent hours raising funds as have others. To think that this effort is negated by such a swingeing fine.Surely it could be lessened or postponed in view of the club's financial state?
Please reconsider"
ShorehamGull
He's now back
Good email, wonder what the reply will be
The Clown of Pevensey Bay
Well-known member
The FA says it's duty-bound under its customer charter to respond within three working days.
Probably won't be as quick as the time I managed to get Prosser sacked by the Football League, but here's hoping, eh?
Probably won't be as quick as the time I managed to get Prosser sacked by the Football League, but here's hoping, eh?
Stinky Kat
Tripping
Gaffer said:
I forgot to copy my mail to them, but I basically said the fine was disgraceful and they need to look at the financial ability of a club to pay before imposing it and explained alive and kicking to them, will post any response i get.
Scoffers
Well-known member
I have posted my comments. This fine is simply outrageous. The FA's history of seemingly ill considered fines is legendary
Saint Lennard
Prawn Sarnie Casual
Stinky Kat said:
Your response will probably be along the lines of..." but you can afford to turn down £20,000 sponsorship deals..."
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
So that's the equivalent of 40 people paying £250 to A & K
or 100 people donating £100!
It's like digging against quicksand!
or 100 people donating £100!
It's like digging against quicksand!
For us, this has probably got something to do with the fracas at Stockport last season as well. It was only 8 months previous and we were fined £5,000 for that as well, so while it is an unnecessarily high amount, I can't say I'm overly surprised.
Saint Lennard
Prawn Sarnie Casual
Biscuit said:If the appeal is turned down, I can see Dick Knight getting naked and painting 'NO FINE' on his body, before running into the FA Headquarters waving his arms about like a looney.
That'll show 'em.
Lets just hope it's not MP (can he run?) otherwise the FA will end up with a beached whale on their premises.
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Stinky Kat
Tripping
Saint Lennard said:
I know where your coming from and i would have taken Archers money, but DK has big principles and its now time to organise a sponsored coffee drinking evening to pay the fine. Alternatively we could have the balls to appeal as it was Mullins who was at fault and the whole thing handbags. The FA are a bunch of power amd out of touch sausage munchers
eastlondonseagull
Well-known member
Bloke in my office is a Hammers fan, and he still says their fans consider the Albion defeat to be their worst of the season so far 
And that they're up for about four more potential fines for on-pitch and off-pitch trouble.
"We're turning into Tottenham," he said, ashamed.
And that they're up for about four more potential fines for on-pitch and off-pitch trouble."We're turning into Tottenham," he said, ashamed.
blue-shifted
Banned
I know there's been a few emails sent off, but I can't help thinking the NSC response has been a bit too "oh well never mind" about this. Surely it's something worth getting organised and deluging the FA about in support of a possible appeal.
Anyway, here's what I wrote
re £10k fine for Brighton and West Ham.
Choosing to fine a club in such a desperate financial position as Brighton and Hove Albion £10,000 for an on field scuffle is an unbelievable and outrageous decision. Brighton have been fighting for their existence for some yeas now. The club have spent millions on the ongoing planning application for a new stadium at Falmer and as a result has recently had to ask it's supporters for donations to keep the club alive. Enough history. I cannot believe the FA are unaware of the clubs precarious financial situation so I can only assume it's not very important to you. You must also be aware that the ability of clubs to pay fines is different not only between the divisions but within them as well. If you have any interest in the survival of smaller clubs (which I doubt) surely punishments should be related to their ability to pay. Would you fine Chelsea and West Brom the same for an altercation, or Hull v Wrexham. Heaven forbid if a Yeading player steps out of line against Newcastle, I suppose you would have to repossess their ground. This is as ridiculous and as punitive as the FA points deduction which so nearly cost us our league place in 1997. Please reverse this decision immediately.
Anyway, here's what I wrote
re £10k fine for Brighton and West Ham.
Choosing to fine a club in such a desperate financial position as Brighton and Hove Albion £10,000 for an on field scuffle is an unbelievable and outrageous decision. Brighton have been fighting for their existence for some yeas now. The club have spent millions on the ongoing planning application for a new stadium at Falmer and as a result has recently had to ask it's supporters for donations to keep the club alive. Enough history. I cannot believe the FA are unaware of the clubs precarious financial situation so I can only assume it's not very important to you. You must also be aware that the ability of clubs to pay fines is different not only between the divisions but within them as well. If you have any interest in the survival of smaller clubs (which I doubt) surely punishments should be related to their ability to pay. Would you fine Chelsea and West Brom the same for an altercation, or Hull v Wrexham. Heaven forbid if a Yeading player steps out of line against Newcastle, I suppose you would have to repossess their ground. This is as ridiculous and as punitive as the FA points deduction which so nearly cost us our league place in 1997. Please reverse this decision immediately.
Verily I Say Unto Thee
New member
Now I'm really angry. Here's a sum:
Brighton:
Annual turnover approx £5m
Size of fine as % of turnover 0.2%
Manchester United:
Annual turnover approx £200m
Equivalent fine for Man U £400,000
No further comment necessary.
Brighton:
Annual turnover approx £5m
Size of fine as % of turnover 0.2%
Manchester United:
Annual turnover approx £200m
Equivalent fine for Man U £400,000
No further comment necessary.
Stinky Kat
Tripping
Verily I Say Unto Thee said:
king el. We need to get that off to the FA and ask them to explain their fining policy. Sorry to swear, but barstards
balloonboy
aka Jim in the West
I've just sent notice of my disgust to the FA - sorry I haven't copied it here, but I did mention the amount of dosh I've put into the A&K fund, and told them I might as well have sent the cheque directly to the FA....along with plenty of others. The FA are so good at looking after the interests of the Premiershite clubs, but couldn't give a monkeys if we go out of business. The FA is ABSOLUTE SCUM.
dougdeep
New member
Sent.