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Non-league club fined over smoke bomb celebration

Kris Holland
BBC News, Northamptonshire
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The incident happened during an FA Vase fixture

A non-league football club said it has been fined after fans set off smoke bombs and invaded the pitch after a cup tie.

Daventry Town Football Club said the Northamptonshire FA had issued it with a £960 fine for the scenes which followed its 2-1 win at Highgate United in their FA Vase first round match in the West Midlands on 19 October.

In a statement, the club said FA rule E21 - relating to er behaviour - was breached following Daventry's "last-second winning goal and at the full-time whistle".

The club said: "The players love the and enthusiasm from our younger ers, and we do not wish for this to stop, however this must be done within the ground regulations".

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The FA Vase final takes place at Wembley Stadium in May

The Northamptonshire club, nicknamed the Purple Army, are enjoying their t-best run in the FA Vase and will reach the quarter-final of the competition for the first time if they win at Erith & Belvedere FC in south-east London on Saturday.

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