persuaded by the european football body, uefa, to take action, the fa summoned hackett and the other match officials for their accounts of the brawl. three days after the match, both clubs were formally charged. a five-man disciplinary committee later studied three video tapes of how the brawl came about and listened to the defence presented by club representatives. in november 1990, arsenal and manchester united were fined £50,000 each and deducted league points; arsenal lost two points and united one.