{"id":180,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/180","headline":"Southampton's Eckert avoids ban over Spygate scandal","dek":"An FA independent regulatory commission handed the Southampton manager a six-week ban and a £28,000 fine, but suspended the ban until the end of next season.","body":"Tonda Eckert will stay on as Southampton manager after an FA independent regulatory commission suspended a six-week ban handed to him for his part in the Spygate scandal. The German was also fined £28,000 and given a reprimand.\n\nThe ban will only kick in if Eckert is found to have spied on another team at any point through the end of the 2027-28 season. The FA had charged Eckert in July with misconduct, with a hearing taking place at the end of last month.\n\nSouthampton were expelled from the Championship play-offs in May after admitting to spying on training sessions involving Oxford United, Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough ahead of the play-off semi-final. The club were also handed a four-point\n\nBoth Eckert and Southampton will be relieved he avoided a lengthier ban that could have cost him his job.","published_at":"2026-10-08T20:29:03.514505+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Eckert free to stay as Southampton boss as Spygate ban suspended","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/eckert-free-stay-southampton-boss-150246498.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Southampton coach Tonda Eckert receives suspended six-week ban after Spygate scandal","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/southampton-coach-tonda-eckert-suspended-six-week-ban-spygate-scandal/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Southampton's Tonda Eckert handed suspended six-week ban for role in 'Spygate' scandal","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7628869/2026/10/07/southampton-spygate-ban-tonda-eckert/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Southampton manager Tonda Eckert escapes serious punishment for spygate scandal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/southampton-manager-tonda-eckert-escapes-150752948.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Spygate: Southampton boss Eckert gets suspended ban","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/spygate-southampton-boss-eckert-gets-153239225.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Southampton boss escapes serious punishment over spygate scandal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/southampton-boss-escapes-serious-punishment-154500581.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Tonda Eckert handed six-week suspended ban after 'Spygate' scandal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tonda-eckert-handed-six-week-154500058.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Tonda Eckert Keeps His Job as Southampton Boss After a Six-Week Ban and £28,000 Fine Over Spygate","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tonda-eckert-keeps-job-southampton-215605137.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘I made a mistake’ – Eckert apologises for Spygate after receiving suspended ban","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/made-mistake-eckert-apologises-spygate-154500243.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"'It changes your life' - Eckert on Spygate experience","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/changes-life-eckert-spygate-experience-161306067.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Eckert 'forever grateful' for Southampton support over spy scandal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/eckert-forever-grateful-southampton-support-165437950.html"}],"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}