Blackburn Rovers boss has been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association. Souness was today charged with improper conduct and abusive and/or insulting language to match officials during the Worthington Cup game at Wigan last month.
Rovers won that match 2-0 but Souness was sent from the dug-out for the third time in 2002 after an altercation with fourth official Matt Messias.
Souness was banned for three games by the FA in November and fined £15,000 for abusing referee Steve Bennett during Blackburn's home draw with Liverpool. He was also banned for one match and fined £10,000 in April for abusing Graham Barber during Rovers' 1-0 FA Cup fifth-round defeat by Middlesbrough in February.
Souness was furious with his dismissal at the JJB Stadium, insisting he had merely questioned the linesman's judgement after Wigan were awarded a corner. He angrily confronted fourth official Messias on the touchline and appeared to poke him in the chest before Messias made referee Andy D'Urso aware of the altercation.
He has 14 days to respond to the charges.
Filed by Johnny Proby
