200k fine....

[peter w]

I see the media have yet to mention the size of the fine and how unjust it is...

[Pete3206]

Perhaps Aston Villa could publicly suggest to the FA that the money goes straight to Acorns.

[SoccerHQ]

I see Boca Juniors got fine a smaller amount than us for some fans running onto the pitch and hospitalising River Plate players by spraying irritant into their eyes.

Mind you their stadium has been closed down for a few games and they were thrown out of the Libertadores.

[TopDeck113]

I think we should quietly pay the fine... and then bombard the FA and media with demands for similar treatment every time another club's fans run on the pitch.

[old man villa fan]

Next season when we go to Smethwick, if our fans rip up seats and start throwing them and then run on the pitch, will it be just WBA that get fined.  I bet a pound to a penny that we would be fined as well.

I know they say the home club is responsible but I thought they brought something in years ago to fine away teams if their fans caused trouble to try and eradicate what the likes of Leeds, Millwall, West Ham fans were doing.

[PeterWithesShin]

I posted this in the Bitters thread, but worth a mention here as well.

Oh and does anyone remember what a certain Mr Howell said about our pitch invasion?

A few days ago he wrote this about the 'great escape', not much condemnation going on there eh Bill.

Robson had asked the Albion fans not to come on to the pitch if they wanted their heroes to do a lap of honour. But the playing surface was quickly a sea of striped shirts as “The Lord’s My Shepherd’’ and the theme from The Great Escape echoed around the ground.

Robson emerged to be showered in champagne and admitted that “the gods were looking down on us”.

[Toronto Villa]

The hypocrisy knows no bounds does it with this one?

[somec]

Out of interest, how much did the blosers get fined for their hate fuelled pitch invasion after the League Cup QF?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Out of interest, how much did the blosers get fined for their hate fuelled pitch invasion after the League Cup QF?

Would you believe £20k with another £20k suspended?

[OzVilla]

They should bill that prick Lawrenson and his jacaynape partner Pearce. They multiplied the fine with their ridiculously embarrassing over reaction.

Have the sanctimonious Bitters been fined at all?

[DeKuip]

I see the FA appointed a new CEO yesterday, Martin Glenn who went to St Francis of Assisi Comprehensive School in Aldridge, has worked in marketing at Cadbury's and supports Wolves.
"Putting fans first" is apparently top of his list. Good luck to him but the cynic in me doesn't expect to see cup final or semi-final tickets being any cheaper next year, allocations increased or anything ever sold at Wembley didn't make fans feel they were getting ripped off.
I also wonder if putting fans first also means putting them ahead of TV companies and their demands?