Mark Hughes fined £8,000 for red card outburst during Stoke defeat to Newcastle

Friday 03 January 2014 00:23 GMT

Mark Hughes is sent to the stands after throwing his coat in the air in disgust at the red car shown to Glenn Whelan (GETTY IMAGES)

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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has been fined £8,000 by the Football Association after admitting a misconduct charge.

Hughes was sent to the stands for his angry reaction to midfielder Glenn Whelan’s red card just before half-time in his team’s 5-1 thrashing at Newcastle last month.

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