Patrick Lacey has been suspended from football for 14 months
Patrick Lacey has been ordered to serve a 14-month suspension from all football and football activity after admitting a breach of The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations.
The Accrington Stanley player provided an in-competition urine sample which contained the presence of Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
The test was carried out after the Hartlepool United versus Accrington Stanley game on 22 November 2016.
The suspension, which followed an Independent Regulatory Commission Hearing, is effective from the 15 December 2016, up to and including 14 February 2018.
The written reasons, following Lacey's personal hearing, can be found here.
