Denton banned for eight weeks for verbal abuse of referee

FORMER inter-county referee John Denton has been banned for eight weeks following verbal abuse of a match official.

The Wexford referee was hauled before the Leinster Council GAC on Wednesday to answer a charge of verbal abuse of Kilkenny referee Eddie Crowley who was in charge of the Wexford v Carlow Leinster U16 FC game on October Bank Holiday Monday.

Denton still officiates at club games in the Model County but has retired from inter-county refereeing following a career which has seen him take charge of senior provincial championship finals as well as National League games.