Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers fined for bust-up after the final whistle of Deepdale clash
Wanderers have been fined £8,000 for the same offence, it following a coming together of players of the September 1 clash at Deepdale.
PNE's fine is higher because of their past record, having been punished before for incidents at Wolves and Huddersfield in the last two seasons.
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Hide AdThis incident happened at the end of the game, Ben Pearson shown a red card for a headbutt aimed at Bolton midfielder Joe Williams - the visitors' player was booked.
Pearson starts a three-match ban when North End host Reading on Saturday.
Announcing the decision on Twitter via their account 'FA Spokesman', the FA said: "Preston North End & Bolton Wanderers have been fined £12,500 and £8,000 respectively after admitting an FA charge of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative and/or violent behaviour during their game on 01/09/18."