Forest and Rams fined

FA penalise Championship rivals after latest melee

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Forest and Rams fined

Forest and Derby: Fined by FA

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Championship rivals Derby and Nottingham Forest have each been fined a total of £45,000 by the Football Association for failing to control their players.

The punishment relates the league fixture between the East Midlands rivals at Pride Park on 30th January.

A stoppage-time melee ensued in which Forest boss Billy Davies accused his opposite number Nigel Clough of deliberately kneeing him in the back of the leg.

The reverse fixture at the City Ground in August also ended amidst scenes of mass confrontation, with a suspended punishment from that occasion now invoked.

A Football Association commission statement read: "At an Independent Regulatory Commission earlier today (Thursday) both Derby County and Nottingham Forest were fined for failing to control their players.

"Both clubs accepted the charge following an incident of mass confrontation in the fixture at Pride Park on 30 January 2010.

"The clubs were fined £35,000 and warned as to their future conduct, whilst a further £10,000 suspended penalty imposed on the clubs from a case earlier in the season was also activated."

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