Saturday's football

Most of our region's teams are in action at 3pm today.

Newcastle are away at Fulham but Alan Pardew has been barred from Craven Cottage because of headbutting Hull's David Meyler earlier this month.

Meanwhile, Sunderland welcome Crystal Palace to the Stadium of Light for a key relegation clash. Only three points currently separate the two sides.

Middlesbrough will travel down south to Bournemouth in the Championship. In League Two, Hartlepool will face Bristol and York are up against Wycombe. Gateshead will play Salisbury in the Championship.

You can follow all the action here.

Sunderland will welcome South Londoners Crystal Palace to the Stadium of Light this afternoon.

The encounter will be a key relegation clash. The Black Cats are 19th in the Premier League with 24 points but they have only played 26 games. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are 16th with 28 points but they have played 28 games. Kick-off is at 3pm. You can see more on all the day's action here.

Alan Pardew will begin his stadium ban this afternoon as Newcastle take on Fulham at Craven Cottage at 3 o'clock.

The Magpies' boss has been banned for seven matches by an independent FA commission over his clash with Hull's David Meyler during Newcastle's 4-1 win on Saturday 1 March. He is barred completely from the stadium for the first three matches and must sit in the stands for the remaining four.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference earlier this week, Pardew said: “It was an independent panel and it was a decision that I was going to accept. I had no intention to appeal the decision whatever it was, and therefore was going to accept what they decided to do.”