This was down to the fact he was unemployed for the majority of those four years, but it's alway nice to have a laugh at the expense of JFK. Let's allow him the floor to explain this one: "The touchline ban is about two years old (he meant four years). I got two matches for calling a referee 'Coco the Clown. That was when I was in charge of Forest. I asked the referee what he had done in his spare time, and that was that. The ban was dished out when he was managing at Nottingham Forest and carried over to when Joe was hired as Newcastle's interim manager in 2008. He was appointed on September 26 but couldn't actually take to the dugout till October 20.
