Leeds United director of football Victor Orta has received a one-match stadium ban and been hit with a £2,000 fine by the FA after accepting a charge of 'improper conduct' following comments he made to referee Darren England during last week's victory over Millwall.
Orta accepted the charge from the authorities after he spoke to England during the half-time break at Elland Road.
Leeds' head of communications James Mooney also accepted a similar charge and has also been handed a one-match stadium ban, plus a fine of £700.
In a statement, the FA said: "Leeds United FC’s Director of Football, Victor Orta, and Head of Media and Communications, James Mooney, have been given immediate one-match stadium bans following separate breaches of FA Rule E3 during the club’s EFL Championship fixture against Millwall FC on 28/1/2020.
"Victor Orta admitted that his language and/or behaviour in the tunnel area at half time amounted to improper conduct and James Mooney admitted that his behaviour during a separate incident in the tunnel area at half time also amounted to improper conduct.
"Victor Orta and James Mooney have been fined £2,000 and £700 respectively.
The incident came with Leeds 2-0 down at half-time following a series of controversial first-half refereeing decisions.
Leeds would come back to win 3-2 thanks to two second half goals from Patrick Bamford and one from Pablo Hernandez.
When the charge was issued last week, a Whites spokesperson said: "Victor and James will accept the charges issued to them by The FA, both incidents show a lack of judgement, but we do not believe that either party has used inappropriate language or acted aggressively.
"The club will not make any further comment at this time."
