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Mark Cooper and Joey Barton comment on touchline ban as Barrow travel to Bristol Rovers

Former Forest Green Rovers boss Mark Cooper is in the midst of an eight-game touchline ban after being punished for comments made to an assistant referee

Bristol Post · Feb 28, 2022

Football manager hit with eight-game touchline ban for comments made to female official

The FA have handed Mark Cooper a hefty touchline ban after the Barrow manager was deemed to have referenced a female assistant referee's gender in an exchange during a League Two fixture

Daily Mirror · Feb 17, 2022