Three out of three for Brits
Cole agent suspended
Bond leaves Newcastle
—– The second round of Champions League group games begins with three wins for three British teams.
Manchester United and Celtic are in a strong position in Group F after United win at Benfica with a Louis Saha goal and Celtic beat Copenhagen 1-0in Glasgow with a Kenny Miller penalty.
Arsenal are two points clear at the top of Group G after a 2-0 win against FC Porto at the Emirates Stadium. Thierry Henry and Alexander Hleb score the goals.
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—– In League One, Nottingham Forest are still the leaders despite their third consecutive draw. They recover from a first minute goal at Port Vale.
Second-placed Tranmere Rovers also draw after letting a two-goal lead slip against Huddersfield Town at Prenton Park.
Bristol City remain the form team as they move level on points with Rovers following a 1-0 win at AFC Bournemouth.
—– A 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury Town is enough to keep Walsall on top of League Two as Wycombe Wanderers and Swindon Town share the spoils at Adams Park.
—– Jonathan Barnett has his agent’s licence suspended for 18 months (nine of which are suspended) and fined £100,000 for his role in the Ashley Cole tapping-up saga.
An independent Football Association disciplinary commission found Barnett had breached two rules regarding illegal approaches in January 2005.
The commission found two misconduct charges against him - that he procured a breach of Premier League rule K5 regarding illegal approaches and that he was guilty of failing to respect the rights of a third party, namely Arsenal.
Cole finally moved from Arsenal to Chelsea last month.
—– Newcastle United terminate the contract of their assistant manager Kevin Bond.
The 49 year-old was placed on gardening leave after the recent BBC Panorama programme secretly recorded him saying he would consider receiving payments from an agent.
He was employed by Portsmouth at the time of the recording.
In a statement, Bond says: “I am extremely disappointed Newcastle have terminated my contract without any proper investigation into the allegations.
“My lawyers will shortly be going to court to compel the BBC to release full transcripts of the recordings.”
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