Bellamy handed a whopping 40k fine!

By Matthew Jones
September 27 2002

Another punishment for Craig Bellamy as he is handed a £40,000 fine ontop of his 3 match European ban - forcing him to miss Newcastle's back-to-back clashes with Italian giants Juventus in the Champions League.

Craig Bellamy is to face a whopping £40,000 fine for his headbutt against Dynamo Kiev as well as the three-game European ban given to him by UEFA just the other day.

The Welsh striker has issued a public apology for the incident, but his (Bellamy's) contrition has not saved him from the PFA maximum fine of two weeks' wages for a show of frustration that seems to have badly damaged what is only the club's second campaign in Europe's premier club competition.

"Craig Bellamy is a great asset to Newcastle United when he is out on the pitch," said club chairman Freddy Shepherd.
"
A lot of things happen in football that people regret later and this is obviously one of them.
"But at least he is man enough to admit he was wrong and apologised to everyone."