We publish regular updates regarding discipline hearings and any sanctions that are imposed.

Discipline Hearings 

 The following hearings have taken place during 2021 with regards to outstanding charges of misconduct. Each charge was heard by a panel of three FA trained commission panel members, at least one of whom was independent from NFA Board or Council, with the standard of proof being the balance of probability, i.e. the panel, when considering the evidence, decided if the occurrence of the event was more likely than not to have taken place. Any proven charge is subject to a potential appeal on specific grounds to the national Football Association. For an appeal to be processed, an individual/club needs to submit an intent to appeal to The FA within 7 days from the date the hearing result is formally communicated to the club.

Friday 23^rd July

West Moor Juniors (E20): Proven. £80 fine and serious warning as to future conduct.

Cramlington United Juniors (E20): Proven. £100 fine and serious warning as to future conduct.

Monday 19^th July

Craig Williamson (E3): Not Proven

Friday 16^th July

Blyth Spartans Juniors (E20): Proven. Formal Warning as to future conduct.

AFC Killingworth (E1): Proven. £150 fine.

Paul Burke (E1): Proven. Formal Warning as to future conduct.

Newcastle East End Juniors (E1): Proven. £25 fine.

Marc Nash (E3): Proven. 1 match suspension and a £30 fine.

Thursday 1^st July

Wallsend B.C. (E20): Proven. Formal Warning as to future conduct.

Nick Thoburn (E3): Proven. 1 match suspension and a £20 fine.

Wednesday 30^th June

Thomas Brennan. (E3): Proven. 6 match suspension, £75 fine and mandatory online education.

Thursday 24^th June

Blyth Spartans Juniors (E20): Proven. £75 fine.

Newcastle East End Juniors (E20): Proven. £50 fine.

Wallsend B.C. (E20): Proven. £30 fine.

Willington Quay Saints FC Juniors (E20): Proven. Formal Warning as to future conduct.

Michael Spurr (E3): Proven. 9 match suspension (suspended to 6) and a £75 fine.

Wednesday 23^rd June

Arron Laskey (E3): Proven. 7 match suspension and mandatory online education.

Wednesday 23^rd June

Newcastle West End Juniors (E20): Proven. £100 fine.

Thursday 17^th June

Jayden Jeffrey (E3): Proven. 6 match suspension (suspended to 2), a £75 fine and mandatory online education.

Tuesday 15^th June

Michael Lilburd (E3): Proven. 6 match suspension and a £50 fine.

Michael Lilburd (E3): Proven. 6 match suspension, a £75 fine and mandatory online education.

Friday 11^th June

Brian McLaren (E3): Proven. 35 day suspension, £25 fine and mandatory online education.

Wednesday 9^th June

42^nd Street FC (E20): Proven. £30 fine.

Blyth Town Juniors (E20): Proven. £40 fine.

Bedlington Station Social Club (E20): Proven. £30 fine.

Newcastle East End Juniors (E1): Proven. £40 fine.

Daniel Whybrow (E3): Proven. 2 match suspension and a £30 fine.

Joe Brady (E3): Proven. 5 match suspension and a £20 fine.

Mario Rezmelita (E3): Proven. 1 match suspension and a £10 fine.

Monday 7^th June

Paul Burke (E3): Proven. 3 match suspension and a £30 fine.

26^th May

Ian Patterson (E3): Proven. 2 match suspension and a £30 fine.

Cramlington Town (E20): Not Proven.

25^th May

Adam Tierney (E3): Not Proven.

24^th May

Cramlington United Juniors (E20): Proven. £50 fine.

Ben Mullen (E3): Proven. 1 match suspension and a £15 fine.

Callum Drummond (E3): Proven. 3 match suspension and a £30 fine. 

24^th May

The Newsham and New Delaval Social Club (E20): Proven. £100 fine.

Cramlington United Juniors (E20): Proven. £100 fine.

West Denton Juniors (E20): Proven. £100 fine.

Wideopen & District Juniors (E20): Proven. Formal Warning as to future conduct.

Karl Morrison (E3): Proven. 3 match suspension and a £50 fine.

Nathan Daines (E3): Proven. 4 match suspension and a £40 fine.

Thursday 6^th May

Liam Duffy (E3): Not Proven

Heddon United FC (E20): Not Proven.

Thursday 29^th April

Paul Hopwood (E3): Proven. £20 fine and a 1 match ground suspension.

Cramlington United Juniors (E20): Proven. £100 fine and a formal warning as to future conduct.

The Fat Ox Whitley Bay (E20): Proven. £30 fine and a formal warning as to future conduct.

Burradon Juniors (E1): Proven. £15 fine.

Kyros Robinson (E3): Proven. £25 fine and a 3 match suspension.

Ryan Purvis-Gillon (E3): Proven. £25 fine and a 3 match suspension.

Seaton Delaval A.F.C (E20): Proven. Formal warning as to future conduct.

Friday 23^rd April

Newbiggin Hall Juniors (E20): Proven. Formal warning as to future conduct.

Heaton Hawks (E20): Proven. £75 fine and formal warning as to future conduct.

Liam Chilvers (E3): Proven. £50 fine and 6 match suspension from all football.

Heddon United FC Seniors (E20): Proven. £150 fine and formal warning as to future conduct.

Connor Murphy (E3): Proven. £150 fine and 5-year suspension from all football.

Whitley Bay F.C. Juniors (E1): Proven. £30 fine and formal warning as to future conduct.

Thursday 1^st April

Josh Rutherford (E1): Proven. Issued with a £10 and a formal warning as to future conduct.

Monday 8^th March

Newcastle Blue Star (E1): Not Proven.

Monday 22^nd February

Owen Graham (E3): Proven. Issued with a £15 fine and a 1-match suspension.

Montagu & NF (E20): Proven. Issued with a £50 fine.

Friday 12^th February

Amble East End Juniors (E1): Proven. Issued with a £100 fine.

Amble East End Juniors (E1): Proven. Issued with a £100 fine.

Amble East End Juniors (E20): Proven. Issued with a £60 fine.

Josh Rutherford (E3): Proven. Issued with a £70 fine and a 6-match ground suspension.

Wednesday 10^th February

West Denton Juniors (E20): Proven. Issued with a £30 fine.

Amble East End Juniors (E1): Proven. Issued with a £30 fine.

Josh Rutherford (E3): Proven. Issued with a formal warning as to future conduct.

Leslie Greener (E3): Not Proven.

Monday 1^st February

Ashington AFC Juniors (E20): Not Proven

Michael Hale (E3): Proven. Issued with a formal warning as to future conduct.

Friday 8^th January

Team Gosforth Juniors (E20): Proven. Issued with a £40 fine.

Newcastle Benfield Juniors (E20): Proven. Issued with a £25 fine.

Bailey O’Brien (E3): Proven. Issued with a £50 fine and a formal warning as to future conduct.

Paul Collinson (E3): Proven. Issued with a £75 fine and an 8-match suspension.

Andrew Carr (E3): Proven. Issued with a £50 fine and a 6-match suspension. 

Key

E20: Failure to ensure Players and/or Officials and/or Spectators conducted themselves in an orderly fashion

E3: Improper Conduct – not acting in the best interests of the game

E1: Misconduct under the Rules and Regulations of the Football Association / Affiliated Association

To find out more about what happens during a discipline hearing, click here.