FIFA consider disciplinary action after Windsor Park coin incident

FIFA have launched an investigation into the incident at Windsor Park on Saturday when assistant referee Stefan Wittberg was hit by a coin thrown from the crowd.

FIFA have launched an investigation into the incident at Windsor Park on Saturday when assistant referee Stefan Wittberg was hit by a coin thrown from the crowd.

World football’s governing body are deciding whether to take disciplinary action after Wittberg needed treatment for a head wound during Northern Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Poland.

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