Tranmere’s Finley gets 13-game ban for homophobic slur

Sam Finley, a midfielder for Rovers from Tranmere, received a 13-game ban for making homophobic remarks to an opponent player.

The 32-year-old midfielder admitted to a misconduct charge from the Football Association for a comment made to Jamille Matt in a League Two game in January.

Due to Finley’s prior offenses, the lengthy suspension is one match over the 12-game upper limit for an aggravated breach involving “abusive, indecent, or insulting words or behavior.”

Prior to this, Finley was facing a four-game ban and fine for a homophobic comment made to a referee in February 2016 while he was playing for AFC Fylde –&nbsp.