Souness fined for ref attack

Newcastle boss Graeme Souness has been fined £20,000 (€30,100) and handed a suspended two-match touchline ban following a verbal attack on referee Barry Knight.

The 52-year-old Scot was found to be in breach of the Football Association’s Rule E3 – a failure to act in the best interests of the game and/or having brought the game into disrepute – at a disciplinary hearing yesterday.