Albion were awarded a 3–0 win and the three points by the Football League. The decision was unanimous, and Nagle said "any other decision would be grossly unfair and set a precedent that would not be in the best interests of the game". United were fined £10,000 by The Football Association, Santos was given a six match ban (four, plus two for violent conduct), Suffo paid a £3,000 fine and received a six match ban (three for the dismissal, three for violent conduct), and Keith Curle was made to pay a fine of £500 and a received a two match ban, while Warnock was made to pay £300 for "improper conduct towards the fourth official", but no evidence was found that either he or any player had made a deliberate attempt to have the match abandoned. Following the verdict, Albion chief executive John Wile said there was no "bad blood" between the clubs, and said the decision to award the points was correct. Following United's midweek victory against Millwall, Warnock expressed his displeasure regarding the reaction he had received in the media, saying: "I thought in this country people are innocent until proven guilty, but some of the comments in the papers were out of order", and said he and his family had endured an "absolute bloody nightmare".