Tonda Eckert FREE to manage Southampton after ban decision made over Spygate scandal

Southampton manager Tonda Eckert is free to continue leading the club after the Football Association handed him a suspended six-week ban. Eckert also received a £28,000 fine and an official reprimand following three charges of bringing the game into disrepute. The suspended sentence means he will be available on the touchline for Southampton's upcoming derby match against Portsmouth.

The charges stemmed from Eckert admitting he authorised club interns to spy on training sessions of Middlesbrough, Oxford United, and Ipswich Town. The EFL had previously expelled Southampton from the play-offs and hit them with a four-point deduction for the current Championship campaign.