By KIERAN GILL, MAIL SPORT REPORTER
Published: 10:58 EST, 23 January 2026 | Updated: 10:59 EST, 23 January 2026
Chelsea have received a whopping £150,000 fine from the FA after a water bottle was thrown towards the Aston Villa dugout following their 2-1 home defeat in late December.
The identify of the actual thrower from the Blues technical area has not been found despite an FA and club investigation. Chelsea decided against contesting the charge they received from English football’s governing body, and were hit with their hefty punishment on Friday afternoon.
The Commission tasked with assessing their punishment considered it a ‘very serious incident’, adding in their written reasons: ‘The bottle passes very close to the head of an ACFC substitute and lands in the AVFC technical area. The act was dangerous and could have easily provoked a reaction from the AVFC staff – it was only luck that it did not strike someone.’
They also wrote: ‘The Commission noted that had a spectator thrown a bottle at or into a technical area, it would be considered as being a serious act of violence, not to be tolerated at a football match. It is a very poor example when a person involved at the highest level of professional football in England acts in such a disrespectful, irresponsible and dangerous way against his professional counterparts.’
Chelsea have received a whopping £150,000 fine from the FA after a water bottle was thrown towards the Aston Villa dugout following their 2-1 home defeat
Chelsea do have the power to appeal their punishment.
Chelsea lost the game to Villa after an Ollie Watkins double, including an 84th-minute winner which completed the visitors’ turnaround after Joao Pedro had given the Blues the lead.
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