Alan Pardew will not appeal the seven match ban imposed on him by the Football Association for head-butting Hull City’s David Meyler in Newcastle’s 4-1 win on March 1st.
The ban, forbidding him from stadiums for three matches and touchlines for four, was issued by an independent panel on Tuesday and set records as being the longest suspension for a Premier League manager and the first boss to be handed a stadium ban. Pardew was also fined him $100,000.
(WATCH: Pardew sent off for headbutt on Hull’s Meyler, as Newcastle manager loses the plot)
With many pundits expecting Pardew to be banned up to ten games, the Newcastle boss struck a tone of repent following his sentence. “It was an independent panel and it was a decision that I was going to accept,” Pardew said. “I had no intention to appeal the decision whatever it was, and therefore was going to accept what they decided to do.”
Pardew also claimed that he’s looking into getting help with his “management consultant issues” to avoid future incidents. This will be Pardew’s second ban as a Premier League manager after receiving a two match touchline ban for pushing over assistant referee Peter Kirkup in Newcastle’s 2-1 win over Tottenham in August 2012.
The ban means Pardew will not be on site for Newcastle’s matches against Fulham, Crystal Palace and Everton, and that he’ll be in the stands for games against Southampton, Manchester United, Stoke City and Swansea City.
Newcastle currently sit 8th in the table, five points adrift of 7th place Everton.
