FA - QPR Admit Charge re "China Brawl"

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FA - QPR Admit Charge - March 6, 2007.
Queens Park Rangers FC have admitted an FA charge relating to a brawl involving their players and officials and members of the Chinese Olympic team on 9 February, and have requested a personal hearing.
The club were 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.
Assistant Manager Richard Hill has been separately charged with violent conduct and has until 12 March to respond. FA

QPR Official Site
Queens Park Rangers FC have admitted an FA charge relating to a brawl involving their players and officials and members of the Chinese Olympic team on February 9th, and have requested a personal hearing.
The club were 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.
Assistant Manager Richard Hill - who is currently suspended - has been separately charged with violent conduct and has until March 12th to respond. QPR

Reminder: FA - February 26, 2007 - QPR/Hill charged
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

Meanwhile one somewhat 'pragmatic' Chinese response to "the brawl"
Chinese need more beef to play and fight with Westerners
BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - Chinese footballers need to eat beef and drink milk if they are to play, and fight, with Westerners on a level playing field, according to a member of the advisory body to China's parliament.
Last month's brawl between China's under-21 team and English club Queens Park Rangers proved that Chinese athletes did not have enough brawn, according to Zhang Xinshi, a biology researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"You can't just say you aren't used to eating beef and drinking milk and leave it at that," Zhang said during a discussion of Chinese agriculture at this week's meeting of the advisory body CPPCC.
"Our football can't reach a higher level. We are only good at skilful sports. Running for two 45 minute halves on such a large pitch at speeds like 100m, how can (our) bodies do that?
"We all saw the recent fight in England and they (the players) were beaten to a pulp.
"Sounds tragic? But if you are as strong as a buffalo how can they beat you up? Therefore I don't think we should advocate the Chinese grain-eating tradition."
Chinese defender Zheng Tao was taken to hospital with a fractured jaw after the 30-man fight during an ill-tempered friendly at QPR's training ground, which provoked a media storm in China.
QPR assistant manager Richard Hill was interviewed by police for his part in the fracas but English media reported on Monday that no charges would be brought against him. Reuters