Birmingham and Shrewsbury charged by FA after Trophy melee

The confrontation between the players happened around the 68th minute of the EFL Trophy tie

Birmingham City and Shrewsbury Town have been charged by the Football Association after a mass confrontation between their players in their recent Bristol Street Motors Trophy game.

Both clubs allegedly failed to stop their players behaving in an improper and/or provocative way around the 68th minute of Blues' 4-0 win at the Croud Meadow on 8 October.

The incident occurred after a challenge by Town's Taylor Perry on Blues winger Scott Wright.

Perry was booked for the tackle and Wright and his Blues team-mate Ben Davies, plus Shrewsbury defender Aristotle Nsiala, were also shown yellow cards following the melee that ensued.

Both clubs have until 16 October to respond to the charge.