Cole gets additional three-match ban

Fulham’s Andy Cole has been banned for a further three games and handed a heavy fine after being found guilty of violent conduct and abusing a match official in the 1-1 draw at West Brom last month.

At a Football Association disciplinary hearing today Cole was suspended for two games relating to the abuse charge and given a one-match ban for lashing out at West Brom’s Neil Clement, after already serving a three-game suspension for the red card he received after the fracas.