Leeds plead guilty to FA charge

07 May 2011 07:59
On Thursday, both Burnley and Leeds United were hit with an FA charge following an incident in the game between the two clubs last Saturday that led to three players receiving yellow cards. It started with a foul for Chris McCann, for which he was yellow carded, but was then made a whole lot worse as Leeds overreacted with Neil Kilkenny and Eric Lichaj leading the way.The charge for both clubs is failing to ensure that their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative behaviour. Both clubs had until 4:00 p.m. yesterday to respond to the charge.There has been no news from Turf Moor, indeed the club haven't even reported the charge. Leeds, however, have pleaded guilty but have asked for a personal hearing. It is the second such charge for Leeds this season. They were found guilty of a similar offence at Nottingham Forest in August and were fined £7.500 whilst being warned as to their future behaviour.

Source: FOOTYMAD