Lincoln City have been fined £15,000 for the melee that happened in the aftermath of our 1-0 win at Exeter City earlier this month.
City beat the Grecians 1-0 thanks to Tom Hamer’s header, but there has been some controversy between the two clubs than run beyond one night in Devon. Last season, two members of their staff were sent off across our fixtures, while they snatched a late winner at the Bank earlier this season, and celebrated hard, much to the chagrin of City players.
At the final whistle of our latest fixture, Sonny Bradley held up his Imps shirt to the home end, a move many thought was because he is a former Plymouth Argyle player. However, after the game, it was suggested the cause was their celebration at the end of the earlier fixture, although a couple of sneaky fouls, including Rob Street being caught off the ball, also led to the feeling of elation as we secured the win.
The FA weren’t happy, and they have now fined both clubs. Failure to ensure the players behaved in a proper manner was the charge, although the double negative in the wording makes it confusing. Neither side contested the charge, not that they could, given that the melee was broadcast for everyone to see.
— FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) March 25, 2026
City have been hit with a £15,000 fine, while the Grecians have landed a £10,000 hit. I’m going to be controversial here. I can see why the clubs have been fined, but in Exeter, you have a club in dire financial waters, drowning and on their fourth chairman in recent times, and the FA has simply added to those troubles with this sanction.
£10,000 (or indeed £15,000) might not seem like a huge amount in the grand scheme of budgets and losses, but it will hit the Grecians a lot harder than us, and they were only reacting to a moment of our doing, whatever the motivations behind it.
The fine puts to bed those stupid rumours from a week or so ago of a points deduction after a troll began posting on the BBC website as well.
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