ivan toney banned for 8 months, oof

[Brogue]

well blow me down with a feather. a massive loss to brentford

[Hendo]

That will be a huge loss. Yet people wondered why he wasn't taken to the World Cup.

[URZZZZ]

That will be a huge loss. Yet people wondered why he wasn't taken to the World Cup.

Personally think it was worth the gamble

[Loafer]

this is absolutely way way way too hard for a few bets

[6ft Kerplunk]

Ban should start from the beginning of next season. Otherwise 2 1/2 months of it are the summer break.

[NathStPaul]

I see this as a missed opportunity from the FA. I accept he should have had a game ban but why not use this as a chance to get a top Premier League footballer to warn young adults about the dangers of gambling? Send Toney out on community service as it were.

A 6 game ban and three months of Ivan Tony touring schools and colleges, working with anti gambling charities would be far better imo.

[Loafer]

wonder if it was Kane who did this, would he have been banned for 8 months

[Hendo]

I see this as a missed opportunity from the FA. I accept he should have had a game ban but why not use this as a chance to get a top Premier League footballer to warn young adults about the dangers of gambling? Send Toney out on community service as it were.

A 6 game ban and three months of Ivan Tony touring schools and colleges, working with anti gambling charities would be far better imo.

I guess we’ll wait and see the full outcome but it wouldn’t surprise me if this is part of the outcome anyway.

[Hendo]

wonder if it was Kane who did this, would he have been banned for 8 months

Yes, 100%

[Loafer]

wonder if it was Kane who did this, would he have been banned for 8 months

Yes, 100%

highly doubt it

[windermereROYAL]

Well no football in June and July but I`ve just seen he`s banned from all football related activities and that includes training, so would you would think in reality it`s a good deal longer before he can play again.

[From Despair To Where?]

this is absolutely way way way too hard for a few bets

232 breaches of FA rules is not "a few bets" and if Kane had done it, I would imagine the punishment would be the same.

[Brogue]

Well no football in June and July but I`ve just seen he`s banned from all football related activities and that includes training, so would you would think in reality it`s a good deal longer before he can play again.

hes allowed to start training again on the 17 September 2023 and will return to play again from 16 January 2024

[leon]

Lucky bastard, I wish I was banned from football for eight months

[Sanguine]

wonder if it was Kane who did this, would he have been banned for 8 months

Yes, 100%

highly doubt it

On what basis? When Rio got his eight-month ban for missing drugs tests, he missed out on Euro 2004.

[Loafer]

Yes, 100%

highly doubt it

On what basis? When Rio got his eight-month ban for missing drugs tests, he missed out on Euro 2004.

he is the FA golden child isnt he

[Sanguine]

highly doubt it

On what basis? When Rio got his eight-month ban for missing drugs tests, he missed out on Euro 2004.

he is the FA golden child isnt he

Rio was already a mainstay in England's defence.

[Hendo]

On what basis? When Rio got his eight-month ban for missing drugs tests, he missed out on Euro 2004.

he is the FA golden child isnt he

Rio was already a mainstay in England's defence.

Wasn't he also the most expensive British footballer at the time as well?

[Loafer]

I know that the FA would not have given it to Kane had it been him

[Brogue]

I know that the FA would not have given it to Kane had it been him

It's not the FA that hand out the bans, its an independent regulatory commission

Sky Sports News senior reporter Rob Dorsett:

"It isn't the FA that have imposed this sanction. There's an important level of independence when it comes to serious disciplinary matters like this.

"The FA do the investigating and the charging but then they hand it over to an independent commission. That's normally made up of people very senior within the game but also lawyers, former high court judges.