Bradford City striker Dean Windass has been handed a five-match suspension.
Bradford City striker Dean Windass has been handed a five-match ban after being found guilty of improper conduct.The charge follows an incident in the car park at Valley Parade following Bradford's 3-3 draw with Brentford on January 2.
The much-travelled 36-year-old is reported to have verbally abused referee Darren Drysdale in the stadium car park and the veteran hit-man will now miss Bradford's matches against Milton Keynes Dons, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Oldham Athletic and Walsall.
Windass has also been fined £750 and will now be the subject of internal disciplinary procedures at the West Yorkshire outfit.
The ban is sure to have disappointed the striker, who claimed that his remarks to Drysdale were made in a tongue-in-cheek fashion.
"I could not believe it when (Bradford secretary) Jon Pollard told me about the charge of swearing at the referee," Windass told the Yorkshire Post.
"My little boy was in the car with me and I would not do that.
"When he (Drysdale) was walking through the car park after the game, he waved to me as I was driving out.
"So, I wound down my window and said 'Don't give up your day job'. He got all upset."
