Senior Reading FC official broke FA rules

Mark Bowen has been suspended and fined

Author: Jonathan RichardsPublished 14th Aug 2024

Reading football club's head of football operations has admitted an FA misconduct charge and been fined and suspended.

Mark Bowen broke betting rules by gambling on 95 football matches between April 2022 and January this year.

He was fined seven thousand pounds and suspended for 12 weeks - eight of which are suspended until the end of next season.

Mark Bowen when he was manager of the club

Bowen was formerly manager of Reading between 2019 and 2020, he was appointed to his current role in 2022.

The club has not commented.

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