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Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness suspended by FA for claiming under-performing referees had 'disabilities' on social media

Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness has been suspended from all football-related activity for three weeks by the Football Association for misconduct relating to a social media post.

The 59-year-old shared a Twitter video of Villa being denied a penalty during the final game of the Championship season against Brighton, which had a caption questioning whether under-performing referees had 'disabilities'.

'He admitted an FA charge that a comment he re-tweeted accompanied with a video was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3(1),' an FA statement read.

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Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness has been suspended by the FA for misconduct

'Furthermore, the breach was 'aggravated' as defined in FA Rule E3(2), as it included a reference to disability.