{"id":347618,"date":"2011-03-29T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/birmingham-city-fined-40000-after-pitch-invasion-during-cup-clash-with-aston-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:19:00","slug":"birmingham-city-fined-40000-after-pitch-invasion-during-cup-clash-with-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/birmingham-city-fined-40000-after-pitch-invasion-during-cup-clash-with-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City fined \u00a340,000 after pitch invasion during cup clash with Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Joe Doyle<\/h3>\n<h4>29 Mar 2011 17:19:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.05\">\n<div readability=\"18.666666666667\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL ; Alex McLeish - Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a451357d121666_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL ; Alex McLeish &#8211; Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"15.548317046688\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham City<\/a> have been sanctioned and fined \u00a340,000 by the FA for failing to control their spectators during the League Cup win over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<p>Half of the fine will be suspended until the end of the 2013-14 season, while they have also been warned about their future conduct by an independent regulatory commission.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham admitted the charge of failing to ensure no spectators or unauthorised persons were permitted to encroach onto the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues beat bitter rivals Villa in the quarter-final clash of the League Cup before lifting the trophy at Wembley against Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>However, the match was marred by crowd trouble before, during and after the match, causing Birmingham manager Alex McLeish to comment at the time that scenes were a return to &#8216;the dark ages&#8217;. <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/29\/2416858\/birmingham-city-fined-40000-after-pitch-invasion-during-cup\" title=\"Birmingham City fined \u00a340,000 after pitch invasion during cup clash with Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham City fined \u00a340,000 after pitch invasion during cup clash with Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Joe Doyle 29 Mar 2011 17:19:00 EPL ; Alex McLeish &#8211; Gerard Houllier, Birmingham City v Aston Villa(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Birmingham City have been sanctioned and fined \u00a340,000 by the FA for failing to control their spectators during the League Cup win over Aston Villa in December. 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