Drug user to get the sack

Drugs offender Craig Whitington faces the sack from first division Huddersfield after being banned for more than six months by…

Drugs offender Craig Whitington faces the sack from first division Huddersfield after being banned for more than six months by the English Football Association yesterday.

The 25 year old striker was found guilty of misconduct after being caught using cannabis twice in 10 months by the FA unit which fights drug use in the game.

He follows Roger Stanislaus, banned for a year earlier this season and then dismissed by Orient.

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