Source: Team_Talk
Hearts fined over tunnel brawl
Hearts and Hamilton have been fined by the Scottish Football Association over December's so called 'Battle of New Douglas Park'.[LNB] The Jambos were hit with a £10,000 fine, £5,000 of which is suspended for two years for the post-match tunnel brawl which marred their 2-1 defeat at Hamilton.[LNB]Accies were given a £10,000 fine, all of which was suspended for two years.[LNB]Both clubs were also censured over their behaviour during the December 6 match at New Douglas Park, which saw five players and a masseur sent off.[LNB]All but one of the men were from Hearts, whose previous poor disciplinary record was taken into account by the SFA on Tuesday.[LNB]Jambos captain Michael Stewart and Ismael Bouzid were shown red cards during the game, although the former had his reduced to yellow on appeal.[LNB]The rest of the sendings-off occurred in the tunnel, with Hearts players Suso Santana and Ian Black and club masseur Alan Robson all dismissed, along with Hamilton striker Leon Knight.[LNB]The trouble was sparked by a clash between Suso and Knight, with police and club officials needed to separate the rival players in unsavoury scenes.[LNB]Hearts decided to fine Suso, Black and Eggert Jonsson - who was booked in the aftermath of the game - for their behaviour.[LNB]But they were forced to abandon those punishments under pressure from PFA Scotland after it emerged they had failed to follow the correct procedures for disciplining their players.[LNB]Hearts were fined £50,000 in August for their poor disciplinary record during the 2008-09 season, the fifth consecutive year they had been punished.
