Pitch invasions ‘cannot continue’, warns EFL chief as talks on sanctions loom

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Trevor Birch tells fans to ‘think before they act’ after disorderCapacity reductions and fines among penalties consideredPitch invasions “cannot continue”, the chief executive of the English Football League has told supporters, after an end of season marred by disorder.Trevor Birch has written to fans after an EFL campaign that finished with Nottingham Forest reaching the Premier League at Wembley in front of 80,000 fans. The celebrations followed play-off matches disrupted by fan invasions, and Birch says that “tougher but proportionate measures” will be arriving in the summer to deter fans from going on to the field. Continue reading...

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