UEFA has charged the English and Lithuanian Football Associations over crowd disturbances at their Euro 2016 qualifier in Vilnius on Monday, according to the BBC.
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The English FA were given an allocation of 850 tickets, which they only sold to members of the England Supporters Travel Club and they were not involved in any altercations and were properly segregated from home fans.
UEFA’s disciplinary body will hear the case next Thursday.
An FA spokesman said: “We were naturally concerned to witness scenes of disorder in Lithuania. We will, of course, fully co-operate with UEFA”.
The Lithuanian Football Federation is also being investigated over the crowd disturbances and it potentially faces further sanctions relating to ticketing and blocked stairways.
When fighting broke out, local police quickly intervened to form a barrier between fans to prevent the violence escalating.
The problem came because tickets were available on general sale around the rest of the ground, which ended up in the hands of England’s supporters, meaning that proper segregation was not enforced.
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England won 3-0 to make it 10 wins from 10 in Group E ahead of next year’s European Championship in France.
