adminLONDON. — Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has been given a record seven-match suspension and a £60 000 fine for head-butting Hull City midfielder David Meyler, the Football Association announced on Tuesday.The 52-year-old will be banned from attending Newcastle’s games for the first three matches of the suspension, with the remaining four matches to be served as a touchline ban.
It is the longest ban to be handed to an English Premier League manager since the English top flight was rebranded in 1992. “Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew will serve a seven-match suspension with immediate effect, subject to any appeal, after he admitted an FA misconduct charge,” read a statement on the FA website.
“An Independent Regulatory Commission today (Tuesday 11 March 2014) ruled the first three matches imposed are a stadium ban with the remaining four a touchline ban.
“Pardew was also fined £60 000 and warned as to his future conduct.”
Pardew learnt of his suspension after appearing before an independent disciplinary commission at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday and subsequently released a statement expressing regret for his behaviour. — AFP.
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