FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Birmingham City v Aston Villa - St Andrew's, Birmingham, Britain - March 10, 2019 Aston Villa players react after a fan invades the pitch and attacks Jack Grealish Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough
(Reuters) - Second-tier Championship clubs Birmingham City and Aston Villa accepted fines of 5,000 pounds for failing to control their players in a fiercely-contested derby match earlier this month, the English Football Association (FA) said on Monday.
Players from both teams were charged with breaching FA Rule 20 after a confrontation followed a foul by Birmingham's Maikel Kieftenbeld on Villa captain Jack Grealish in the fifth minute.
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