England charged over crowd trouble during Euro 2016 qualifier with Lithuania

Lithuania have also been charged by Uefa over the disturbances

Riot police separate the fans in Vilnius (twitter.com/hirstclass)

Uefa has charged England and Lithuania over crowd disturbances at the Euro 2016 qualifier in Vilnius on Monday.

Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the Football Association and the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) over the trouble which broke out in a section of the crowd just before kick-off.

The LFF has also been charged over breaches of ticketing rules - it appeared some England fans without tickets gained access to sections reserved for home supporters - and for having blocked stairways.

The cases will be dealt with by the Uefa's control, ethics and disciplinary body on October 22.

The FA said the disturbances did not involve England supporters who were in the official area or who had bought tickets from the FA.

An FA spokesman said: "We were naturally concerned to witness scenes of disorder in Lithuania. However, we must be clear that these incidents did not happen within the official England Supporters Travel Club area, where supporters who had bought tickets from the FA were housed.

"We would encourage the authorities to identify anybody involved in disorder and deal with them appropriately through the criminal system and with banning orders. We will, of course, fully co-operate with UEFA."

PA