Football Extras: Tottenham\'s Pochettino gets two-game ban

Football Extras: Tottenham's Pochettino gets two-game ban for improper conduct

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IMAGE: Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino during the press conference. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino was banned for two games and fined 10,000 pounds by the English Football Association (FA) on Wednesday after accepting an improper conduct charge.

The Argentine confronted referee Mike Dean after his team’s 2-1 Premier League defeat at Burnley last month that led to Spurs losing ground to Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League title race.

 

“Mauricio Pochettino has been fined 10,000 pounds and will serve a two-match touchline ban following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing,” the FA said in a statement.

“The Tottenham manager accepted an improper conduct charge from the FA, which resulted from his language and/or behaviour – both on the pitch and in or around the tunnel area.”

The ban means the 47-year-old will not be in the dugout for Tottenham’s league trips to Southampton on Saturday and Liverpool on March 31.

Southampton to spend one million pounds a year on women's teams

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IMAGE: Former England assistant manager Marieanne Spacey who is now head of Southampton's girls and women’s football technical department. Photograph: Craig Brough/Reuters

Southampton will spend around one million pounds a year to develop their women’s teams in a bid to reach the top-tier FA Women’s Super League, the club’s managing director Toby Steele has said.

The south coast club play in the fifth-tier South Region Women’s Football League but are hopeful that their investment and the guidance of women’s soccer head Marieanne Spacey-Cale can help them achieve that target.

“This is our second season of running the women’s first team in a regional league with hopes to climb up to the Women’s Super League within a few years so we have made significant investment in that,” Steele told the Southern Daily Echo.

“All told and taking our regional talent club, which is youth development and the first team, we’re investing about 1 million pounds into that part of the club.

“We see it as a good development for us, good engagement for the fans and opening ourselves up to new fans and we’re enjoying seeing the performance of those teams adding to the club.”

Former England international Spacey-Cale left her position with the Football Association as player and coach developer last year to be involved in Southampton’s project.