Boro admit FA charge

Middlesbrough have admitted an FA charge of failing to control their players during January's match against West Brom. The Baggies beat Boro 3-0 at The Hawthorns to boost their own hopes of surviving relegation and pile more pressure on Gareth Southgate's side.Didier Digard was sent off in the second half, with the score at 2-0, after raising his studs at Borja Valero.Digard and team-mates Mido, Robert Huth and Afonso Alves reacted furiously to the decision and confronted referee Mark Halsey.Boro have now accepted that a number of their players did not behave appropriately.They have requested a personal hearing which will be scheduled at a later date.

Source: SKY_Sports