The Sky Blues were fined £10,000 for their part in the fracas that occurred in the tunnel at half-time and was not seen by match officials at the time but was caught on CCTV.

The two teams had initially clashed shortly before the break when Blades defender Anel Ahmedhodzic was sent off for violent conduct after an altercation with Coventry forward Norman Bassette.

Sheffield United admitted the charge that they failed to ensure their players and/or technical area staff did not behave in an improper and/or provocative way around the tunnel area at half time, while Coventry denied the same charge against them.

This is the sixth time that United have been charged in relation to improper conduct since October 2022 and the fourth time they have been fined this season.

The FA said in a statement:, external “Taking the offending behaviour into account and the club’s previous disciplinary record, notably this being the eleventh incident within the previous five seasons, the fourth nonstandard breach since August 2024, the commission were minded to impose a fine in excess of £100,000.

“However, there was credit given for the admittance and the fine was reduced accordingly to £80,000.”

This was the first such charge against Coventry in the past five seasons but because they had initially denied it before it was found to be proven they were fined double the standard penalty fine of £5,000.