Blues Fined For Villa Fracas

Last updated : 20 May 2010 By Brian Cartlidge

Several Blues players confronted referee Martin Atkinson after he awarded Villa a penalty eight minutes from the end of the game at Villa Park last month.

Atkinson adjudged that  Blues defender RogerJohnson had fouled Gabriel Agbonlahor in the penalty box and James Milner scored from the resulting spot-kick to give Villa a 1-0 win at Villa Park on 25th April.

A statement on the FA's official website reads: "At an Independent Regulatory Commission earlier today, Birmingham City FC were fined and warned as to their future conduct following a charge of failure to control their players.

"Having admitted the charge and taken into consideration the Club’s previous record, the Commission ordered that they be fined £10,000."

Earlier this month Johnson himself was fined £7,500 by the FA and warned about his future conduct for comments he made to the media about the referee after the match whilst Stephen Carr was handed a one game suspension four days after the day of the game for gesturing towards the home fans as he left the field of play.