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SFA give Lennon two-match ban

SoccerNews in Scottish Premier League 19 Apr 2012

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Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been handed a two-match touchline ban by the Scottish FA.

The 40-year-old criticised referee Willie Collum for not awarding his side a penalty in their Scottish League Cup final defeat to Kilmarnock.

The SFA have also decided not to punish the Northern Irishman further after his half-time dismissal in the Old Firm derby at Ibrox.

The Celtic boss described Collum’s decision as ‘criminal’, but it was in breach of Rule 68, which reads as follows:

“Making comments in an interview which criticise the performance of a match official in such a way as to indicate bias or incompetence.”

Lennon was given his marching orders at half-time by referee Calum Murray against Rangers but the punishment received was deemed appropriate as the tribunal ruled it had ‘imposed no further sanction on the basis that the half-game served outwith the technical area was sufficient’.

The Northern Irishman has been no stranger to the SFA and referees this season and has already received a letter by the governing body’s compliance officer Vincent Lunny following remarks made about officials before the league game against St Johnstone.

Further charges are also likely to be levelled against Lennon after he ran onto the pitch and confronted referee Euan Norris for giving a penalty in the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Hearts.

It was later revealed by Celtic’s first-team coach that Lennon had been into the referee’s room before taking to Twitter to announce his belief that decisions made against the club were ‘personal’.

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