Former Rangers player Joey Barton has been suspended after admitting to placing bets on football matches.
A disciplinary tribunal ruled that the controversial midfielder will be suspended for one match after breaching SFA rules.
They concluded that between July 1 and September 15 2016, Barton “placed 44 bets… and accordingly gambled upon football matches in contravention of Disciplinary Rule 31”.
The 34-year-old left the Ibrox club last week when his contract was terminated following a dressing room row with manager Mark Warburton and subsequent club suspension.
Two other former Rangers players are among those to have been punished for breaching the SFA’s blanket ban on football betting.
Goalkeeper Steve Simonsen missed one game after betting on 55 matches and Ian Black earlier served a three-match suspension for gambling on 140 matches, including several he played in.
The former Hearts midfielder scored in a 4-2 victory over East Stirlingshire after predicting his team would draw in an accumulator.
