Norwich And Sunderland Charged By Football Association

 

Norwich and Sunderland have been charged by the Football Association for failing to ensure their players and officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion in Saturday's Premier League clash.

The charge follows an incident in the opening minutes of the match, which Sunderland won 3-0.  Norwich's Robbie Brady's tackle sent Sunderland's DeAndre Yedlin crashing head first into the advertising hoardings. That sparked a melee involving nearly all of the players and staff from both teams, including Black Cats boss Sam Allardyce. Both clubs have until 21 April to give their version of events

A statement on the FA website read: “It is alleged that in or around the fourth minute of the fixture, both clubs failed to ensure their players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. Norwich and Sunderland have until 6pm on 21 April 2016 to respond to the charge”.