A football fan who berated England's World Cup team after intruding their locker room has been fined after admitting being in an area without authorisation, a court heard on Wednesday.

Pavlos Joseph, from London, paid a fine of around $US100 ($A118) on Tuesday, his lawyer told a hearing of a special World Cup court in Cape Town on Wednesday.

"The admission of guilt fine in the amount of 750 rand was paid by the accused yesterday on a charge of contravening section six, subsection one, of the FIFA Act ... namely being in a designated area without being in possession of an accreditation pass," his lawyer Craig Webster told the court.

"The Director of Public Prosecution has decided to withdraw the charges on the basis that an admission of guilt fine is paid."

A British tabloid newspaper journalist, Simon Wright, has also been charged with harbouring Joseph in the aftermath of the intrusion which followed England's 0-0 draw with Algeria in Cape Town on June 18.

The case against Wright was adjourned to July 7.

Joseph gave an interview to the Sunday Mirror in which he said he was looking for the toilet at Green Point stadium after the match when a security guard sent him in the direction of the players' tunnel.

He claimed he took a wrong turn and found himself in the changing room, where he berated the players for their poor performance.

He was arrested at the Bay Hotel in Camps Bay on June 20, the day his interview was published.

He appeared in court the same day, where he was banned from attending any more World Cup matches, his passport was seized and he was released on 500 rand ($A78) bail.

Sunday Mirror journalist Wright, 44, was arrested on Monday night at Cape Town international airport.

He was charged with defeating the ends of justice and flouting the Immigration Act.

He appeared in court two and a half hours later after Joseph, and was granted 3,000 rand ($A462) bail and his passport was confiscated.

The incident, which happened minutes after Princes William and Harry left, prompted the Football Association to make an official complaint to World Cup organiser FIFA.

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