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Prutton handed 10-game ban by FA
Southampton midfielder David Prutton has been banned for 10 matches and fined £6,000 after admitting two charges of improper conduct. Prutton was sent off in the 1-1 draw against Arsenal last Saturday but his reaction led to his heavy punishment. He pushed referee Alan Wiley and tried to confront the assistant referee. The 23-year-old admitted a charge of failure to leave the field promptly and one of threatening words and/or behaviour towards a match official. Prutton, who had already apologised publicly for his actions and to Arsenal's Robert Pires who was injured in the initial tackle, described the ban as "hefty" but accepted the sentence. "It's a massive disappointment because all I want to do is play football," he said. "But I put myself in that position and I have to accept it and get on with it. "I regretted it as soon as I did it. I portrayed an image of myself that isn't me." Prutton was only pulled away from the confrontation when manager Harry Redknapp raced down the touchline to help physio Jim Joyce and coach Denis Rofe shepherd the enraged Prutton away from referee's assistant Paul Norman. Redknapp ruled out an appeal against the suspension.
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