Harry gets touchline ban
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has been handed a two-match touchline ban and a £3,000 fine by the Football Association after he was sent off for verbally abusing referee Andy D'Urso during the goalless draw against Wolves at Molineux on August 30.
It means former West ham boss Redknapp will not be allowed in the dug-out when Pompey play Nottingham Forest in a Carling Cup tie at the City ground later this month or at Manchester United in a Barclaycard Premiership clash on November 1.
Redknapp was charged with improper conduct and using abusive and/or insulting words to a match official and was reported to D'Urso by the fourth official at the match in which the referee booked eight players - five of then from Portsmouth.
Redknapp said after the game: "It is the first time I've been sent to the stand in 25 years.
"Every game now we are getting loans of bookings and I had to get my point across."
The FA's suspension of Redknapp came after Hull City manager Peter Taylor was fined £250 on Monday and warned over his future conduct but escaped a touchline ban over a charge of using abusive and/or insulting language to a match official in pre-season friendly.
