Blackpool receive £50k fine and warned to future conduct

Thursday 30 Jul 2015
Blackpool have been fined £50,000 and severely warned as to future conduct
Blackpool have been fined £50,000 and severely warned as to future conduct, subject to any appeal, following a crowd incident on 2 May 2015.

The FA charge, which the club denied, was for failing to control spectators resulting in a pitch incursion which caused Blackpool's game against Huddersfield Town to be abandoned. 

Following the Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, the club have also been ordered to play its first home competitive game of the 2015/16 season behind closed doors. 

This part of the sanction will be suspended for one year and will be immediately effective in respect of the game following (whether in that current season or the following season) any further pitch incursion that results in a suspension of play whereby the referee directs that players shall leave the field of play. 

Click here to read the sanction decision.

Click here to read the full written reasons.

Click here to read the appeal board decision (Sept 2015).


By FA Staff