Leeds Face FA Over Gills Fracas

Last updated : 20 April 2005 By Kevin Markey
United pleading guilty to the misconduct charge following the 20-man brawl against Gillingham in March.

Leeds will be represented by chief executive officer Shaun Harvey and are expected to cite the efforts of their players to break up the melee in the hope that the FA will take a lenient view of the incident.

Michael Gray was sent off for his involvement in the brawl and received a three-match ban, but Gillingham striker Darius Henderson, who was also dismissed, had his ban quashed on appeal and received no punishment.

Shaun Derry's dismissal at QPR last weekend was the seventh of the current campaign and Leeds have also chalked up 74 bookings in the league this term.