Souness denies FA disrepute charge

Newcastle boss Graeme Souness has denied an FA charge of bringing the game into disrepute after launching a furious attack on referee Barry Knight.

The 52-year-old Scot had until today to respond to the allegation of “a breach of FA Rule E3 for a failure to act in the best interests of the game and/or having brought the game into disrepute” after his side’s 2-0 Barclays Premiership defeat at Everton on Saturday, May 7.