Newcastle pair in trouble

Newcastle defender Celestine Babayaro and midfielder Emre have each gotten themselves in hot water for their violent conduct.

Babayaro has rightly been banned for three matches after he was charged with violent conduct following a punch thrown at Everton midfielder Tim Cahill.

The FA decided to take action after reviewing television footage of the fracas during Everton’s win at Goodison Park.

The referee took no action at the time, not even a booking, but the FA stepped in. This means Babayaro will miss a League Cup game at Wigan and miss matches against Aston Villa and Arsenal.

Emre Belozoglu will probably get the bookthrown at them by FIFA in the wake of a terrible tunnel scrap after the recent World Cup play-off in which Turkey lost to Switzerland.

5 player (I mean 3, believe it or not, Switzerland’s physio Stephan Meyer and Turkey’s assistant manager Mehmet Ozdilek took part) Emre, Alpay, and Switzerland's Benjamin Huggel will all likely get lengthy bans.