Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been banned from football for eight months after he accepted breaking Football Association betting rules.Toney has also been charged £50,000 and warned about his future conduct for 232 breaches of the FA’s betting rules.Toney snubbed by Southgate but scores a brace to defeat City at EtihadHis suspension starts immediately, but the 27-year-old forward can return to training four months before it ends on 17 September. Toney won’t be allowed to play again until 17 January 2024.##NAJAVA_MECA_7261852##In a statement, the FA said: “His [Toney] sanctions were subsequently imposed by an independent Regulatory Commission following a personal hearing.”The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons for these sanctions will be published in due course, and the FA will wait to review them before commenting further.”Brentford fans get the perfect Christmas gift: their miracle-making boss commits to the clubThe breaches Toney has been found guilty of took place between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021, during which time Toney represented Scunthorpe United, Wigan Athletic, Peterborough United and Brentford.Toney has scored 20 goals in 33 Premier League appearances this season, helping Brentford into ninth place in the table.
