Alan Pardew has already been handed a £100,000 fine by his club, and today the FA gave him a seven match suspension and a £60,000 fine on top. Should Newcastle kick Pardew out of St James Park?

It's not the first time Alan Pardew have had to stand in front of a FA commission - in 2012 the manager was given a two match ban and £20,000 in fine for pushing an assistant referee. Furthermore, he has been warned of his future conduct after calling Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini "a fucking old cunt".

Pardew clearly has a problem with his temper, and the headbutt on Hull's David Meyler is yet another example of the manager overreacting. The NUFC manager admitted to an FA misconduct charge and will be banned with immediate effect. Three of the games will be a stadium ban, which means that Pardew will be completely banned from the stadia while the last four will be a touchline ban. 

With the manager being out in seven of the last nine rounds of the Premier League, and with Newcastle living a mid-table life, this might be the time for NUFC to find a new manager. Lee Clark, Roberto Di Matteo and Neil Lennon, are all favorites to become the next Newcastle manager according to the bookmakers, but despite Pardews controversies the board seems to keep confidence with him. 

A bad position in the end of the season could change that though.





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John Terry was cleared of racial abuse of Anton Ferdinand yesterday. A slap in the face of the F.A. who had already taken the captaincy of the defender and unofficially announced him as guilty. The question is now what will the Football Association do to Terry.

After a week of hearings and cross-examinations of John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London found the defender not guilty. Even though, the Chelsea defender was cleared of racial abuse in the public court, he still has to face the football authorities. The problem here is that they can judge the player on a lower burden of proof.

The F.A. is under pressure in this case, and they might judge him for bringing the game into disrepute. This case can be ugly as both parts are fighting for their reputation. Terry is cleared by the public, but his football name can be brought to shame. On the other hand, the F.A. will lose face if they do not punish a man which they have already judged as guilty.

Last season, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was fined £40.000 and banned for eight matches for racial abuse and Terry might face a punishment in that size. No matter what, one of the parts will lose their dignity and at this moment I hope it is going to be the football association. John Terry is no saint, but he has been cleared of all charges and has been punished enough so far. The nearer future will tell if the football authorities believes the same!
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The trial against John Terry, charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence, started yesterday at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court. Has the Terry-case gone too far?

Racism is never okay; not even on a football pitch. But for me, the case against John Terry has gone too far. There is no doubt that the Chelsea-defender shall be punished, and The FA has already stripped the England Captaincy of him. The question is if what happens of a football pitch should be judged as a public order offence.

John Terry has always been one of Premier Leagues ‘Bad boys’ and the trial, which has been requested by the public, seems  as a revenge for the defenders past. The defender suffers under, not just his own mistakes, but also his family’s as his father has been accused of dealing drugs while his mother and sister is accused of shoplifting. At this moment, it may sound as I am a fan of the Chelsea player, but please believe me, as an Arsenal fan through many years John Terry is not a favorite player at all. I would love to see him go down, but not like this.

Terry is risking a fine of £2500, which for he will be able to pay in less than a day’s work. This seems downright ridicules to me, as well. First of all, he should not be judged by the public law but by The FA. Second of all racism should be punished much harder. Luis Suarez was banned and fined hard by the Football Association, but Ferdinand has not been punished yet. It is obviously that FA is waiting for the Westminster Magistrates' Court’s decision, but it should not be necessary. If they believe he is guilty, they should punish him just as they punished Suarez.

If Terry is found guilty, my fear is that we will see a lot of situations as this in the future. What happens on the pitch should be judged by the Football Association and not a court. Even though, some will argue me wrong, situations happening on the football pitch are different from the situations happening on the streets. Football is a contact sport and sometimes a sportsman says wrong things in frustration.  My hope is that the court will set things apart!

The trial is scheduled to end on Friday, until then we can only wait and see.
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