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George Bennett

Newcastle United among those to avoid fines as Premier League cracks down on referee abuse

Newcastle United are one of only five teams in the Premier League who have not received fines for abusive or uncontrollable behaviour towards officials this season.

Brentford, AFC Bournemouth, Southampton and Leicester City are the other four clubs who are not among those to receive fines, a report in The Sun has revealed.

English top-flight clubs have had to issue £1.3 million in total so far this season for uncontrolled behaviour towards officials from both players and staff.

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This comes in the wake of Fulham's 40-second meltdown which saw Willian, Aleksandar Mitrovic and manager Marco Silva all sent off for Fulham in Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final defeat against Manchester United.

Willian was dismissed for handling Jadon Sancho's shot on the goal line, before Silva was shown a straight red card for dissent towards the officials. However, former Newcastle forward Mitrovic has been threatened with a 'lengthy ban' after shoving referee Chris Kavanagh.

There are three clubs that have had to pay over £115,000 in officials abuse fines only. Those are Everton in third with £115,000, Manchester United in second with £137,000 and Premier League leaders Arsenal who have had to cough up £185,000.

An FA spokesperson told the Sun: "Referees and match officials play vital roles in our national sport.

"Any inappropriate behaviour towards them is completely unacceptable.

"Players, coaches, support staff and club officials have a responsibility to treat them with respect, and action will be taken against anyone involved in English football where there is evidence that they have failed to meet that standard."

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