Newcastle star Barton could face FA action over ‘obscene gestures’
By ANIMonday, December 13, 2010
LONDON - Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton is expected to face disciplinary charges after making ‘obscene gestures’ during his team’s 3-1 win over Liverpool in their Premier League clash on Sunday.
The Football Association will decide on Monday whether to take action against Barton for a series of crude actions during an altercation with Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.
An FA spokesman said that the game’s governing body would examine referee Lee Mason’s match report before taking a decision.
“Essentially what will happen for an incident like that is that the FA will wait for the referee’s report and if the referee includes something about incident and that he had seen it, but it hadn’t warranted a caution then he may not get sanctioned at all,” The Telegraph quoted the spokesman, as saying.
“The disciplinary people will sit down and if they need to get video evidence they will do. If there is other video evidence suggesting that he did break the rules then there is a chance that an investigation might take place,” he added. (ANI)
