I did not swear at ref says Souness

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2003

BLACKBURN, England (AFP) — Blackburn manager Graeme Souness has dismissed suggestions he insulted a referee after another touchline confrontation at the weekend.

Souness faces being summoned to appear before the Football Association's disciplinary committee for the third time in 18 months after a run-in with referee Graham Poll during Blackburn's 1-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday.

Poll banished the Blackburn boss from the dug out after Souness had questioned his impartiality when telling him: "I didn't know you were a Tottenham supporter".

"He didn't hear it, so I repeated it and he sent me off," Souness told Monday's Lancashire Evening Post.

Souness believes talk of a touchline ban is wide of the mark.

"I'm not worried about it in the...