FA fines Wolves £75,000 over yellow cards

Wolves were today fined £75,000 by the Football Association for their rash of yellow cards in their last two games.

Clubs are fined £25,000 for having six or more cautions in one match, then £50,000 for a second offence.

Wolves have picked up seven bookings in each of their last two games, in the 1-1 draw against Newcastle and now the 2-1 defeat at Fulham, a tally which included Christophe Berra's two bookable offences at Craven Cottage.

An FA spokesman today confirmed: "Clubs get fined £25,000 for a first offence of having six players booked then £50,000 if they do it again, and a further £75,000 if they do it again. It's a standard sanction with an incremental increase as a deterrent."

Wolves have come under fire for their competitive nature, but the spokesman denied the club were being looked at more closely after recent games

The news comes as Wolves were again criticised for their approach, this time from Fulham fans chanting "Disgrace to the Premiership" after Bobby Zamora broke his leg in an innocuous tackle with Karl Henry.

The Wolves skipper insisted the criticism was unfair, claiming: "It's a side of the game people don't want to see any more.

"It's within the rules of the game to tackle and people need to stop moaning about it.

"It seems players in the Premier League don't expect to be getting tackled and have people 'ratting' around them all the time. They want a nice game of football."

The midfielder also hit out at Clint Dempsey, who accused him of trying to crock Zamora deliberately.