FA Charge QPR Over China Brawl: Extensive Press Focus

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FA - QPR/Hill charged Monday, 26 February 2007.

Queens Park Rangers FC have been charged following a brawl involving their players and officials and members of the Chinese Olympic team, which occured during the training match on 9 February.

The charge alleges that the club failed "to ensure that its players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and refraining from violent and/or threatening and/or provocative behaviour."

Assistant Manager Richard Hill has been separately charged with violent conduct.

The club and Hill have until 12 March to respond. FA

QPR OFFICIAL SITE -CHINA CHARGES

Queens Park Rangers have been charged with misconduct for a breach of FA Rule E20 (a) - in relation to the friendly against the Chinese Under-22 National team.

FA Rule E20 (a) states: 'Each club shall be responsible for ensuring (a) that it's directors, players, officials, employees. servants, representatives, spectators and all persons purporting to be its supporters or followers, conduct themselves in an orderly fashion and refrain from any one or a combination of the following; racist, violent, threatening, abusive, obscene or provocative behaviour, conduct or language, whilst attending at, or taking part in a match in which it is involved, whether on its own ground or elsewhere.'

R's Assistant Manager Richard Hill - who is currently suspended - has also been charged with misconduct for a breach of FA Rule E3.

FA Rule E3 states: 'Participants shall at all times act in the best interests of the game and shall not act in any manner which is improper or brings the game into disrepute or use any one or a combination of violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.'

The Club will be making no further comment at this stage, as an internal investigation into the matter continues. QPR

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FA charges QPR over China brawl
Queens Park Rangers
The Football Association has charged QPR with misconduct after a friendly match against the China's Olympic team on 7 February ended in a brawl.

Assistant boss Richard Hill, who has been suspended by the club until further notice, has been charged with violent conduct.

The club issued a statement stating that "an internal investigation into the matter continues".

The brawl left China player Zheng Tao with a broken jaw.

Report: QPR v China ends in brawl

Hill and the club have until 12 March to respond to the FA charges.

The club have been charged with failing "to ensure that its players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and refraining from violent and/or threatening and/or provocative behaviour."

Two days after the incident, a 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm.

The man was "bailed to return on a date in March to a west London police station pending further enquiries," according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police. BBC

AP - QPR charged with misconduct by Football Association

LONDON (AP) -Queens Park Rangers was charged Monday with misconduct by the Football Association for its brawl with China's Olympic team.

The FA said the English club failed to ensure "that its players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and refraining from violent and/or threatening and/or provocative behavior.''

The Feb. 7 match between China's under-23 team and QPR ended 15 minutes early after players from both teams fought on the field. China's Zheng Tao, who was left unconscious after the brawl, was hospitalized with a broken jaw.

Seven members of the Chinese team were sent home early and China canceled its third scheduled game at Brentford.

QPR suspended assistant manager Richard Hill after the brawl and he has been separately charged with violent conduct by the FA.

The Chinese Football Association did not punish any of its Olympic team players after an investigation.

The Chinese team arrived in England in late January at the invitation of Premier League club Chelsea, which is trying to get a foothold in the lucrative Chinese market.

QPR has until March 12 to respond. AP