Tag: ban

Gary Neville: Nottingham Forest ban Sky Sports pundit from stadium
23 May 2025 Off

Gary Neville: Nottingham Forest ban Sky Sports pundit from stadium

By Total Football News

Forest later denied Marinakis’ exchange with Nuno was a “confrontation” and described subsequent reaction to the situation as “fake news”.

The club said the incident was because of Marinakis’ frustration that striker Taiwo Awoniyi had continued to play after an 88th-minute injury, which subsequently required urgent surgery.

“I’ve dished out my fair share of criticism and praise in the last 14 years of doing this job and have never come

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Alex Neil: Millwall win draws a line under Liam Roberts ban
8 March 2025 Off

Alex Neil: Millwall win draws a line under Liam Roberts ban

By Total Football News

Millwall boss Alex Neil hopes they can now move on from goalkeeper Liam Roberts’ suspension following their come-from-behind win at Watford in the Championship.

Roberts had a three-match ban for a dangerous challenge on Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in the FA Cup extended to six games during the week.

Lukas Jensen was again in goal at Vicarage Road and made some important saves as the Lions came

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Liam Roberts red card: Millwall keeper given six-game ban for Mateta challenge
7 March 2025 Off

Liam Roberts red card: Millwall keeper given six-game ban for Mateta challenge

By Total Football News

The written reasons for the Independent Regulatory Commission’s decision will be released in due course.

The FA said: “The standard punishment for this offence was clearly insufficient, and Liam Roberts subsequently denied this.

“Following a hearing, the Regulatory Commission upheld the FA’s claim, set aside the standard three-match punishment, and instead imposed a six-match ban.”

Roberts has been Millwall’s reserve goalkeeper for much of the season – he has

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Liam Roberts: FA wants Millwall goalkeeper’s ban to be extended
5 March 2025 Off

Liam Roberts: FA wants Millwall goalkeeper’s ban to be extended

By Total Football News

On Saturday Palace chairman Steve Parish described Roberts’ challenge as “the most reckless I’ve ever seen” and that he “endangered a fellow professional and maybe his life”.

On Monday Millwall said reporting of the incident “contributed to an unwarranted character assassination” of Roberts.

Millwall said he contacted Mateta after the match “with an apology which was accepted immediately”.

Roberts served the first game of his ban as Millwall lost 2-0

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Arne Slot ban: Liverpool manager gets two-game touchline ban for Everton red card
26 February 2025 Off

Arne Slot ban: Liverpool manager gets two-game touchline ban for Everton red card

By Total Football News

Liverpool assistant coach Sipke Hulshoff was banned for two games and fined £7,000, while Liverpool and Everton were fined £65,000 and £50,000 respectively for failing to control their players.

James Tarkowski’s 98th-minute equaliser sparked chaotic scenes, with Everton fans entering the field to celebrate.

Liverpool thought Tarkowski’s goal, which was checked by the video assistant referee (VAR), should have been ruled out for a push on defender Ibrahima Konate in

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Borja Sainz: Norwich forward ‘fit and energised’ for spitting ban return
11 February 2025 Off

Borja Sainz: Norwich forward ‘fit and energised’ for spitting ban return

By Total Football News

Thorup urged Sainz to look to United States international Josh Sargent as an example of how to conduct himself on the pitch, as they look to resume their fruitful partnership.

“Josh is a very good team-mate for Borja because he’s so calm. It takes a lot for Josh to be frustrated in the game. It also means he has the energy to support some of the others and he’s an

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Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder loses appeal over ban
17 December 2024 Off

Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder loses appeal over ban

By Total Football News

Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur will serve the final two matches of his seven-match ban after the Football Association dismissed his appeal.

The Uruguay midfielder was given the ban in November for using a racial slur about team-mate Son Heung-min on television.

Spurs accepted the judgement but appealed against the severity of the suspension.

However, the appeal was dismissed following a hearing and Bentancur will miss matches against Manchester United in

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Johannes Hoff Thorup: Norwich head coach hits out at timing of Kenny McLean’s four-game ban
11 December 2024 Off

Johannes Hoff Thorup: Norwich head coach hits out at timing of Kenny McLean’s four-game ban

By Total Football News

The 35-year-old Dane added: “The FA have decided this is the way they want to go.

“They have opened a door where they can go back in time and take decisions like that and even on gamedays they can present the news to the teams. It’s a completely different world to us.

“Everyone was [surprised] but I can’t go into details – Big Brother is watching and that’s how it

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Postecoglou: Spurs right to appeal ‘harsh’ Bentancur ban for racist slur
22 November 2024 Off

Postecoglou: Spurs right to appeal ‘harsh’ Bentancur ban for racist slur

By Total Football News

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou says he is not interested in how the decision to appeal against Rodrigo Bentacur’s seven-game domestic ban for a racist slur looks to the outside world.

The Australian manager said he has “made worse mistakes” and believes education is the way forward with the 27-year-old midfielder, rather than a “harsh” punishment.

Spurs are hoping to have the Uruguayan’s ban reduced from seven games to the six-game

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Rodrigo Bentancur ban: Ange Postecoglou backs Tottenham against severity of midfielder’s ban
21 November 2024 Off

Rodrigo Bentancur ban: Ange Postecoglou backs Tottenham against severity of midfielder’s ban

By Total Football News

Postecoglou says he accepts the FA’s guilty verdict and that Bentancur will miss a number of matches.

In the media interview in question, asked by a presenter for a Tottenham shirt, Bentancur replied: “Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”

He later apologised on social media and said his comments were a “very bad joke”.

Bentancur also said sorry to South Korea forward Son,

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