Football: Cardiff fined over crowd trouble
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Your support makes all the difference.CARDIFF CITY'S supporters have cost the club the severest punishment ever inflicted by the Football Association of Wales. A fine of pounds 25,000 was imposed yesterday while a further pounds 30,000 penalty was suspended until the end of the season.
The punishment follows crowd disturbances at Ninian Park during a Second Division match against Swansea and an FA Cup tie with Luton Town. The threat of the financial penalty had been hanging over Cardiff since early-season trouble at Fulham.
In addition 83 supporters, who have been either arrested or ejected from matches involving Cardiff during 1993-94, will be banned from attending games in Wales for 'an indefinite period'.
'The FA of Wales has imposed these punishments,' Alun Evans, its secretary, said, 'to declare its intention of ensuring that the well-behaved fans will be able to support their favourite teams without matches being played behind closed doors, or kicking off in mid-morning on weekdays.'
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Lee Power's pounds 200,000 transfer to Second Division Bradford went through yesterday, after a change of heart by the initially reluctant Norwich striker.
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