Alex Nichols admitted a charge of improper language and/or behaviour towards a refereeArsenal have warned youth coach Alex Nichols after he was banned for three matches and fined £400 for verbally abusing a teenage female referee. "At Arsenal we do not accept or tolerate behaviour of this nature," said a statement from the Gunners. Nichols had admitted a charge of improper language and/or behaviour towards the match referee during the game but denied using "abusive and/or insulting words" to the official following the match. The published written reasons from the case detailed how the match referee said she was made to "feel humiliated, belittled and bullied" and was crying during the closing stages of the match. "This was the first allegation of this nature in his long coaching career and he has been warned about his future conduct."

Source: BBC June 14, 2019 12:22 UTC