23 Feb 2010Derby County and Swansea City hit with FA charges

Football Clubs News | Football Leagues/ Association and Governance

The FA has charged Swansea City and Derby County for failing to control their players in an incident between the two sides at Pride Park on Saturday.

In a bad-tempered match, James McEveley and Gorka Pintado were both shown red cards, with the latter sending off - which stemmed from a lunging foul on Robbie Savage - resulting in a melee involving a number of footballers from both teams.

Swansea City, who won the game on away turf 1-0, have been set a deadline of March 5th to send a response to the charge to the FA of Wales, while Derby County have until March 9th to answer the organisation's English equivalent.

The match result saw Swansea City solidify their spot in fourth place in the Coca-Cola Football League Championship table, eights points off an automatic promotion slot.

Meanwhile, Derby County slipped down to 15th, nine points adrift of the playoff positions.

Written by Terry Mitchell

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