Reading boss Ruben Selles has received a £1,000 fine from the Football Association for his sending off at Lincoln City earlier in the month.
With 20 minutes to go, the Spaniard slowed the game down by kicking the ball up the touchline before the Imps were due to take a throw-in.
Given a straight red card by referee Bobby Madley, the Royals drew 1-1 at Sincil Bank in a match they dominated.
The FA have now confirmed that the boss breached rule E3.1 and has since been fined £1,000.
The disciplinary panel added: “The manager admitted that his behaviour in the 68th minute, which led to his dismissal, was improper, and accepted the standard penalty.”
REVIEW OF THE YEAR: Why we printed a blank front page in July, Readipop was windy, and a Team GB rower teamed up with Dave Kitson.
In a bid to give a good summary of the situation Reading FC was in, our front page of July 6 contained all the news from the club’s hierarchy about their plans.
It was blank.
Newscaster Sangeeta Bhabra dropped into a fayre organised by members of Grange United Reformed Church in Southcote in aid of Thames Valley Animal Welfare.
She posed for our photographer, Steve Smyth, with some of the teddies that could be won in a special teddy raffle, even adding a raffle ticket to her forehead for a laugh.
The Berkshire Motor Show was once again held in Prospect Park and saw petrolheads and car fans go into top gear to enjoy the event.
Organiser Steph Awbery said: “We had so many turn up there was a bit of a traffic jam. I felt very apologetics about that, but we weren’t able to control it unfortunately.”
