CHAOS ON PITCH COSTS THE OWLS

SHEFFIELD Wednesday have been fined £50,000 for failing to prevent fans invading the pitch after last year’s League One playoff semi-final victory over Peterborough. Trailing 4-0 from the first leg at London Road, the Owls dramatically salvaged a 5-5 aggregate draw after extra-time before winning the tie on penalties. Several thousand supporters poured onto the playing surface at the final whistle, and remained there for almost half an hour. In its written reasons for the sanction, an independent regulatory commission said that pyrotechnics and other items were thrown...

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