FA to probe brawl between Huddersfield Town and Newcastle United players

Jul 24 2009 By Huddersfield Examiner

FA chiefs are to investigate the trouble which flared during and after Town’s "friendly" with Newcastle United.

Match referee Jon Moss has included details of the Tuesday night bust-ups in his report, and disciplinary chiefs are now looking into the matter.

An FA spokesman said: "It has been reported to us and we are looking into it."

Up to 20 players were involved in a melee at half-time in the game at the Galpharm Stadium after Magpies defender Habib Beye and Terriers’ counterpart Andy Butler and then skipper Peter Clarke became embroiled in a heated exchange.

That incident is understood to have continued in the tunnel, and there were unseemly scenes, too, on the final whistle with Fabricio Coloccini and Lee Novak locking horns.