article_snippet: The 30-year-old had requested a personal hearing after being charged with using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards a match official in or around the tunnel area after the final whistle following Albion's 2-0 FA Cup defeat to Aston Villa this month.
article_snippet: West Bromwich Albion midfielder has been handed a one match ban and an £8,000 fine by the FA .
article_snippet: Chris Bruntargues with referee Anthony Taylor after referee Anthony Taylor sends off Claudio Yacob during the game at Villa Park .
article_snippet: The Northern Ireland international faced the threat of a two-game ban and Albion's director of football administration Richard Garlick
article_snippet: believes the punishment reflected the circumstances in which the game finished.
article_snippet: Aston Villa fans invaded the pitch at the final whistle following Albion's 2-0 FA Cup defeat to Aston Villa this month and had also run onto the surface while the game was still in play, with the invasions the subject of an the FA investigation.
article_snippet: referee Anthony Taylor had also sent off Albion's Claudio Yacob and Villa's Jack Grealish towards the end of the match.
article_snippet: Thousands streamed on to the pitch after the match, which helped make Brunt's an 'extraordinary case' '
article_snippet: We had a fair hearing and feel the punishment is an acknowledgement by the Commission that this was an extraordinary case,' said Garlick, after the Independent Regulatory Commission in London on Tuesday. '
article_snippet: It was a difficult end to the game for everyone and emotions were running high. '
article_snippet: I think Chris's disciplinary record, which has seen Chris issued with one red card in more than 400 appearances at the highest levels, was also rightly noted.'
highlights_snippet: The FA have handed a one match ban and £8,000 fine to Chris Brunt .
  
highlights_snippet: West Bromwich Albion midfielder was charged with using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards a match official .
  
highlights_snippet: The incident occurred in the aftermath of West Brom's FA Cup exit .
  