Lee Bowyer charged by FA

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Callumcafc said:

Referee good mates with the oppo manager. Surely this is something the EFL need to consider when sending certain referees to games?

Steve Cooper in the article said to Bowyer that he knew the Referee simply from when he used to officiate the Academy games he was involved in

harveys_gardener

I heard they were in an academy together.

Dazzler21

Great reporting from sky:

Bowyer had been given two previous sanctions in the past 14 months: a £1,000 fine following his side's defeat to Peterborough in August, and a £1,750 fine after their win at AFC Wimbledon in February when he was fined £1,750 and received a three-game touchline ban.

The quote that the ref recorded sounds like something Bowyer would say though.