" Premier League player banned for eight months "

Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been banned from football for eight months after he accepted breaking Football Association betting rules.

Toney has also been charged £50,000 and warned about his future conduct for 232 breaches of the FA's betting rules.

His suspension starts immediately, but the 27-year-old can return to training with Brentford four months before it ends on 17 September.

He will not be allowed to play again until 17 January, 2024.

In a statement, the FA said: "His [Toney] sanctions were subsequently imposed by an independent Regulatory Commission following a personal hearing.

"The independent Regulatory Commission's written reasons for these sanctions will be published in due course, and the FA will wait to review them before commenting further."

The breaches Toney has been found guilty of took place between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021, during which time Toney represented Scunthorpe United, Wigan Athletic, Peterborough United and Brentford.

Toney has scored 20 goals in 33 Premier League appearances this season, helping Brentford into ninth place in the table.

He will miss Brentford's trip to Tottenham on Saturday and the final day of the season at home to league leaders Manchester City on 28 May.

Brentford say they note the FA's decision and are awaiting the publication of the written reasons before "considering our next steps".

Toney won his first England cap as a late substitute in the 2-0 Euro 2024 qualifying win over Ukraine in March, having received his first call-up to Gareth Southgate's squad last September.

England defender Kieran Trippier was banned for 10 weeks by the FA in December 2020 for giving out information for others to bet on his transfer from Tottenham to Atletico Madrid.

What a complete and utter joke this is on a player from the above post gives no reference to a warning before hand ,
How can any bookmaker taking bets off Toney since 2017 not report this to the FA - 6 years ago - the rules were there ...
Brentford will be without him till mid Jan 2024 - I will not be surprised they don't challenge this .

As for Kieran Trippier - This was a bigger joke than Ivan Toney in the following reasons ....

Players will talk and say what they are doing in there life with friends - parents - wife - partners - etc ...

So why was nothing done to Matt Hancock - When he told his sister to invest in a company he gave a contract to during Covid.

Double Standards This Country

As for Kieran Trippier - This was a bigger joke than Ivan Toney in the following reasons ....

Players will talk and say what they are doing in there life with friends - parents - wife - partners - etc ...

So why was nothing done to Matt Hancock - When he told his sister to invest in a company he gave a contract to during Covid.

Double Standards This Country

what relevance is matt hancock, who does he play for?

Not sure which club Hancock plays for - but I know he always plays away!

What a complete and utter joke this is on a player from the above post gives no reference to a warning before hand ,
How can any bookmaker taking bets off Toney since 2017 not report this to the FA - 6 years ago - the rules were there ...
Brentford will be without him till mid Jan 2024 - I will not be surprised they don't challenge this .

What I don't get is the hypocrisy.

Banned a player for eight months due to gambling rules.

But the PL, EFL, clubs and FA are happy to take money from gambling companies to advertise. Every match you watch there's constant adverts for gambling.

Just seems like double standards.

What a complete and utter joke this is on a player from the above post gives no reference to a warning before hand ,
How can any bookmaker taking bets off Toney since 2017 not report this to the FA - 6 years ago - the rules were there ...
Brentford will be without him till mid Jan 2024 - I will not be surprised they don't challenge this .

What I don't get is the hypocrisy.

Banned a player for eight months due to gambling rules.

But the PL, EFL, clubs and FA are happy to take money from gambling companies to advertise. Every match you watch there's constant adverts for gambling.

Just seems like double standards.

not really. hes not been banned for gambling, hes been banned for gambling on a sport hes directly involved in. its not allowed and he knows it but did it anyway.