Former Crawley Town manager John Yems has been banned from football for 18 months after being found guilty of 12 charges of racist abuse towards his players.
Yems, 63, had been accused of making 16 comments which were in breach of FA Rule E3.2 between 2019 and 2022. They were alleged to have referenced either ethnic origin, race, nationality, colour, gender or religion.
On Friday, the ex- Crystal Palace, Millwall and Reading reserves player admitted to one charge by the Football Association but denied the other 15. An independent regulatory commission then found 11 of the claims to be proven and four unproven during a hearing.
