Arsenal & Chelsea Fined £100,000

[davieG]

I guess it's step in the right direction!

Anyone have any idea what the FA do with this unexpected windfall? More prawn cocktails, vol au vonts? They should give it to the clubs in the lower leagues!

From Sky

Arsenal and Chelsea have both been fined £100,000 following the melee which marred the Carling Cup final.

Towards the latter stages of Chelsea's 2-1 win at The Millennium Stadium on 25th February, a tangle between John Obi Mikel and Kolo Toure sparked a brawl.

Players and officials from both clubs became involved, while managers Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger came onto the pitch in an attempt to defuse the situation.

Mikel and Toure, along with Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor, were sent off for their part in the incident, while both clubs were later hit with Football Association charges.

At a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday - after the London clubs had admitted the charges - The FA issued fines of £100,000.

The Premiership rivals were also reprimanded by The FA and the organisation explained the reasons behind the punishment, citing the bust-up as 'serious, unacceptable and damaging to the image of the game'.

"Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC have each been fined £100,000 and reprimanded for the involvement of their players and officials in a mass confrontation towards the end of the Carling Cup Final on 25 February," read an FA statement.

"The clubs were charged with failing to ensure that their players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative and/or violent behaviour. Both clubs admitted the charge.

"The Commission stated that it viewed the incident as serious, unacceptable and damaging to the image of the game. However, it bore into account the guilty pleas and the mitigation put forward by both clubs.

"It found that Arsenal players had been marginally more involved in the Carling Cup Final incident, but that Chelsea FC had past proven cases in recent years regarding the general behaviour of their players where warnings had been issued."

[filbertway]

I bet that hurt them

Not that I would have given a harsher punishment

[Maybes]

I bet that hurt them

Not that I would have given a harsher punishment

goes someway to the sack steve mclaren fund.

[JoeyB]

goes someway to the sack steve mclaren fund.

Only another 2.3 million to find then

and i bet there still paying Off sven

[Flexx]

And there also still paying off compensation to Newcastle for Owen's injury.

[Joe.]

100k is nothing to them, but to be fair the players involved were given the red cards and served their suspensions. Fair enough I think, no more needed to be done.

[James.]

Arsenal and Chelsea have both been fined £100,000 following the melee which marred the Carling Cup final.

Marred? Why do they always have to say that? Didn't marr anything in my book. Wholly entertaining, they should have been rewarded.

[Simi]

Only another 2.3 million to find then

and i bet there still paying Off sven

Yes they are. Doesn't he get paid until he finds another job. Poor bloke.

[filbertway]

Yes they are. Doesn't he get paid until he finds another job. Poor bloke.

I'm sure I heard he was getting around 10k a day untill he got a new job, althoguh that may be highly unlikely

[Geo V]

Marred? Why do they always have to say that? Didn't marr anything in my book. Wholly entertaining, they should have been rewarded.

True.

It cracks me up when people will say that sort of stuff. My favourite was when the press said Zidane will only be remembered for being sent-off against Italy. No he wont. I`ll remember him for being the best player in his generation!