QPR and Bournemouth: Championship clubs fined after melee
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QPR and Bournemouth have been fined after a melee broke out during their Championship match in December
Queens Park Rangers and Bournemouth have been fined by the Football Association after a melee during their Championship match on 27 December.
The Cherries were fined £25,000 and QPR £5,000 after players from both sides clashed in stoppage time.
It followed a coming together between QPR's Yoann Barbet and Bournemouth's Dominic Solanke.
Four players were booked in the aftermath, with QPR's Andre Dozzell sent off for a second yellow card.
"Queens Park Rangers FC admitted a charge from The FA and accepted the standard penalty," an FA statement said.
"AFC Bournemouth admitted a non-standard charge and requested a paper hearing where its fine was imposed by an independent Regulatory Commission."
Championship leaders Bournemouth won the match 1-0 at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium thanks to Solanke's first-half goal.