CELTIC and Rangers have both been fined £7,500 for failing to control their players at the end of the Old Firm match at Parkhead at the end of March.
Players of both Glasgow clubs squared up to each other on the park after the Ladbrokes Premiership game, which Neil Lennon's side won 2-1.
The Ibrox and Parkhead clubs were accused of breaching SFA disciplinary rule 204 last month as a result of the ugly scenes that broke out.
Trouble flared when Andy Halliday, the Rangers left back, confronted Scott Brown, the Celtic captain midfielder, following the final whistle.
Disciplinary rule 204 is breached when three or more players or members of staff from one team are involved in a confrontation with opposing players or members of staff of the opposing team during or directly after a match.
A Rangers spokesman had promised that the Govan club would "defend that charge as robustly as possible".
However, a disciplinary hearing at Hampden this afternoon ruled that both clubs had failed to control their players and fined both of them £7,500.
Steven Gerrard, the Rangers manager, last month accepted the one match touchline ban he was offered by the SFA for the comments he made to referee Bobby Madden after the game.
Brown, who celebrated in front of the Rangers supporters, was accused of breaching disciplinary rule 77 by "not acting in the best interests of association football". He was cleared at a hearing on Friday.
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