Footballer handed six-match ban for spitting at a spectator

“The incident occurred after his dismissal in the 85th minute of a game on September 5, 2015.“

Hartlepool have expressed their extreme disappointment at the Football Association’s decision to hand defender Carl Magnay a six-match ban for spitting at a spectator.

Magnay, 26, denied a charge of misconduct at a disciplinary hearing but the FA’s Independent Regulatory Commission found him guilty of the offence following an incident during Hartlepool’s defeat at Wycombe last month and have also fined him £750.