£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". United ultimately finished the season 13th in the league table, while Albion finished second and were automatically promoted. Legacy The next meeting between the clubs came at Albion's stadium, The Hawthorns, on 14 October 2003, during the 2003–04 season. United won 2–0 to go top of the table. Warnock received an abusive reception from the Albion supporters and refused to shake Megson's hand before the match, but joked afterwards that he had a crash helmet in the event of a repeat. The return fixture came on 21 February 2004, and the away side again emerged victorious as Albion recovered from a goal down to win 2–1, with the winning goal coming five minutes from time. Megson praised his team for overcoming the negative atmosphere, in which both sets of supporters "exchanged derogatory chants with even greater fervour than is customary", according to The Guardian journalist John Ashdown; Albion midfielder Johnson was particularly targeted. The feud between Warnock and Megson continued when Megson moved to Nottingham Forest, and on one occasion Warnock was quoted as saying, "I wouldn't shake his hands in a million years. I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire". In a 2022 interview with The Mirror, Megson described the name Battle of Bramall Lane as a misnomer as it "suggests there were two teams battling" and apportioned the blame solely to Warnock. Speaking in 2020 to the Sheffield Star, Suffo explained that his actions were solely in defence of teammate Santos, and described it as a highlight of his career on par with winning the 2000 Olympics and playing in the 2002 FIFA World Cup for Cameroon, but also spoke of his regret of the incident as he had begun to feel settled at