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  1. 'He's lucky... he got off very lightly'

    Spygate: Eckert free to continue as Southampton manager

    In a bonus episode of the BBC's Football Daily podcast, John Bennett is joined by BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore and 72+ EFL podcast host and former Reading and Watford winger Jobi McAnuff to react to the Spygate verdict.

    An FA regulatory commission has handed Southampton boss Tonda Eckert a suspended six-week ban for his involvement in the Spygate scandal, but do the panel think is it a fair outcome?

    Blackmore said: "I thought he'd get maybe three to five games per [FA] charge and it would be a difficult decision for the club - do we wait for him to come back, do we move on?

    "I think he's lucky, but I am pleased it is all over and it looks like they can move on. I think he's paid a fairly hefty price, even if it hasn't come in the dugout in the next few weeks."

    Eckert was fined £28,000 for authorising three instances of spying on opponents before games - including last season's Championship play-off semi-final against Middlesbrough.

    Saints were expelled from the play-off final as a result - after beating Boro over two legs - and were also handed a four-point deduction this season.

    McAnuff feels Eckert "got off very, very lightly".

    He added: "Ultimately he's not going to miss any time on that sideline.

    "Southampton fans, players and staff who had no knowledge have been incredibly harshly punished - I think justly.

    "I feel, ultimately, one man was responsible for that. I cannot understand how the commission has come to the conclusion that he won't face any time off the touchline.

    "It's a real shock and certainly something I didn't see coming. When you step over the line that should have severe repercussions and I don't think we've seen that with the sanctions that have been handed down."

    With Middlesborough the club to have uncovered Saints' spying, fan and editor of Fly Me To The Moon fanzine, Robert Nichols, also offers his thoughts on what this decision feels like from a Boro perspective.

    Listen to the full episode here.

  2. Zoe, who is in her mid 20s faces the camera, she has light brown hair and is wearing a white hoodie underneath a black jacket. She's standing on a street in central Middlesbrough. The railway station is in the distance behind her. It is dark and street lights and lights from nearby bars are lit up.

  3. A yellow and green North East Ambulance vehicle in front of the blue metal Transporter Bridge over the River Tees. Decal on the vehicle reads: "Emergency Ambulance". The bridge behind it is tall and has wires hanging off it.

  4. A red and white fire and rescue service tape cordons off the area around the former Billingham library building, which has been gutted by fire. The building has no roof. The side of the building facing the camera would have had a metal structure or cladding, but it is charred by the fire and partly destroyed. The cordon tape is set around a birch tree on a grassed area outside the building.

  5. The edge of a dry grass field stretching into the distance. To the right, separated by a wire fence, is an area thick with trees. Orange flames cover part of the fence, shooting out to a height of about five feet. The fire has clearly been bigger as the foreground is charred with a smaller pocket of flames and a swathe of light grey smoke, all following the line of the fence.

  6. Tonda Eckert

  7. A young person's hand with a dark coloured sleeve is typing on a computer keyboard. The keyboard has coloured overlays on the keys in red, blue, yellow, green and black.

  8. Large flames and thick black smoke engulf a building. Two firefighters in high-vis clothing are stood beneath a tree and two onlookers watch from across the street behind a taped cordon, one is filming with a mobile phone.

  9. A stock image of two young people wearing hooded jackets standing at the entrance of an underpass. Both are wearing black trousers and black jackets and have their hands in their pockets. The image is taken at night and light is coming out of the underpass.

  10. Strelec on target in Slovakia win

    David Strelec in action for Slovakia in a royal blue playing shirt with navy blue sleevesGetty Images

    David Strelec has 43 senior international caps for Slovakia

    Middlesbrough forward David Strelec scored for Slovakia as they continued their unbeaten run in the Nations League with a 4-0 win in Moldova.

    The 25-year-old opened the scoring in Chisinau to help his country to a third win in four games.

    The goal is Strelec's 11th for Slovakia and his first since a 2-0 friendly win over Romania in March.

    Slovakia are top of League C, Group Three with 10 points, six ahead of both the Faroe Islands and Moldova as they seek promotion to League B.

  11. Quiz promo image with West Ham players celebrating a goal but the identity of a goalscorer cropped out.

  12. An orange inferno blaze lights up a building in Billingham in Stockton-on-Tees. There is a large fire in a building on a road which has two traffic lights.

  13. Vital Energi official Kieran Walsh with a white hard hat and a high vis jacket on over his white shirt and black jacket. He is also wearing safety goggles. He is standing in a room full of silver metallic pipes going all across the room. He is standing next to a silver control panel with red and green buttons. He is smiling and looking at the camera.

  14. To the left of the picture is an elderly man with short white curly hair and glasses wearing a black jacket, white shirt and a black and white bow tie stood next to a woman on the right of the picture. She is wearing a black jacket and short blonde hair with glasses on her head holding a drink and wearing a mixture of long and short black and pearl necklaces

  15. Near vertical cliffs of Jurassic age rocks at Cowbar. To the right are the terraced cottages of Cowbar, separated from the cliff edge by a road, a strip of vegetation and not much else.

  16. Donna Keogh with cropped dark hair and dark eyes. She is smiling with her head tilted to one side and standing in front of a light blue wall. The photo is very grainy.

  17. Angela Lloyd smiles at the camera. She is sitting in her wheelchair and is wearing blue silk pyjamas and appears to be in her living room with floral curtains and various knick-knacks on shelves behind her.

  18. Barney Green is smiling slightly at the camera. He is standing in front of a dozens of students who are wearing aprons and working at tables. Green has very short, dark hair and a greying beard. He is wearing a green top.

  19. People, seen from behind, walk into County Hall in Durham. It is a large eight-storey concrete building with lots of windows and the Durham Council logo on the entrance wall.

  20. The Boat Club mural shows a large toucan balancing a pint on its beak, reminiscent of the old Guinness adverts, next to the venue's entrance. Durham Cathedral and the River Wear are painted in the background of the bottom part of the mural. Most of the wall is blue. "Lovely day for a..." is written above the toucan. The building has an open terrace on the first floor, above a bar area with large windows. There is a bright orange Aperol sign on between those windows and the railings of the terrace above.

  21. The FA Cup trophy with two red sponsors' ribbons on the handles in front of a grass pitch

  22. Pete Wild holding up a Hartlepool United scarf upon being announced as their new head coach

  23. Jennyfer Walker wearing sunglasses and a cream-coloured sun hat. She is sitting in front of a multi-coloured wall painting with a blue metal frame. She is wearing a cream-coloured outfit.

  24. Juninho and Fabrizio Ravanelli are arm in arm and smiling brightly at the camera. They are both wearing red kits. Juninho has short brown hair and Ravanelli has short white hair.