Berinsfield player Danny Brind has been handed an 827-day ban and fined £200 after he admitted his part in a mass brawl that erupted in a county cup game last month.

Trouble erupted towards the end of the Oxfordshire Junior Shield fourth-round tie against Minster Lovell on Saturday, January 5.

With Berinsfield leading 2-0, a fight broke out between players and spectators, following the dismissal of Brind and his Berinsfield teammate, Craig Perkins, and Minster's Craig Sallis and Mike Haines.

Referee Steve Fisher then called the match off.

On Tuesday, both sides appeared before the OFA disciplinary meeting in Witney to answer charges of causing a match to be abandoned.

Although nothing has been officially confirmed by the Oxfordshire Football Association, the Oxford Mail has seen documents which state that Brind, 20, has been suspended from Feb 25 through to May 31, 2010, after he admitted causing serious bodily harm against an opposition player.

The document says the committee "took account of his previous record of misconduct," adding: "Based on the seriousness of the offence and the player's poor disciplinary record over a five-year period, the commission felt that a substantial punishment was required."

In addition, another Berinsfield player, Mark Ingram was fined £25 and banned for 35 days for violent conduct considered to be serious.

The commission ruled that the dismissal of Perkins was sufficient punishment. A charge against Berinsfield's Jamie Fleet of violent conduct considered to be serious was unproven.

Sallis was fined £35 and banned for 35 days, while the case against Haines was found to be inconclusive.

It is not the first time Berinsfield have been in hot water. Last season they were expelled from the Oxfordshire Senior League for a poor disciplinary record. They now play in the Reading League.

Berinsfield chairman Richard Ingram confirmed that both clubs had appeared before the commission.

"We were both asked to give our view of the events. I was happy with the way it was handled."

It is not clear what the future is for the clubs in the competition.

Minster manager Chris King added: "We've heard that some of their players got suspensions and so did some of ours. We got charged as a club with causing the match to be abandoned and were fined £100.

"I have spoken to our chairman (Simon Brookbanks) and he definitely doesn't want it to be replayed.

"I'm a bit annoyed that one of our players (Sallis) was fined and banned."

OFA discipline secretary Lucy Barrett refused to comment on the hearing, but confirmed that both Berinsfield and Minster Lovell have been cautioned and warned as to their future conduct.

She added that competitions secretary David Tutton would decide the fate of both clubs in the Shield.

Brind was not available for a comment.