Ivan Toney: Man handed three-year stadium ban for racially abusing Brentford striker | Football News

A 24-year-old man has been handed a three-year stadium ban from every stadium in the UK for racially abusing Brentford striker Ivan Toney.

Antonio Neill, who sent the racist message to Toney over social media on October 14 last year, has also been handed a four-month sentence suspended for two years.

Toney shared the abuse he received on his Instagram, sparking a police investigation which found the suspect in Blyth.

Neill pleaded guilty to sending an offensive message at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court in January before being sentenced on Monday.

Brentford and Northumberland Police are describing this as a “landmark ruling” because it is “the first of its kind to be issued under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022”.