United and FA hit by OFT fines

Manchester United and the Football Association have been hit in the pocket for “fixing” the price of replica kits.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2003 - 13:43

Manchester United and the Football Association have been hit in the pocket for “fixing” the price of replica kits.

United have been fined £1.652m (€2.3m) by Britain's Office of Fair Trading while the FA were hit with a £198,000 (€284,000) fine, although that was cut to £158,000 (€226,000) "by leniency".

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