Seven match ban for Alan Pardew's Hull City headbutt
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been handed a seven-match suspension for his headbutt on Hull's David Meyler, the Football Association has announced.
First three games of ban forbid Pardew from entering stadium
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been given a seven-match ban - and will be barred from entering stadiums for the first three games - after headbutting Hull midfielder David Meyler.
The sanction was imposed by an independent regulatory commission after Pardew had admitted a misconduct charge, the Football Association announced.
He was also fined £60.000 and warned as to his future conduct after the incident during Newcastle's 4-1 win at Hull on March 1.
A statement from the FA read: "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.
"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."
More top news
-
Barnsley man who died from stabbing named
At around 11pm on Friday night police were called to Darley Avenue in Athersley to reports that a man had been stabbed.
-
UK weather forecast. Calendar weather. Cloudy with rain, heavy in west.
This Evening and Tonight: Showers or longer spells of rain are forecast through the evening and night.
-
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 100
For the second day running there were no deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland.