Spurs midfielder given until 8 May to respondFA takes action citing breach of Rule E3Eric Dier has belatedly been charged with misconduct by the
Football Association for climbing into the
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stands to confront an abusive fan after his team’s FA Cup penalty-shootout defeat by Norwich on 4 March.
Dier’s case is being treated as “non-standard” by the FA – in other words, it is at the more serious end of the spectrum – and an independent regulatory commission will decide upon the Spurs player’s punishment. As with all non-standard cases, it will be evaluated on its own merits.