IAN Evatt has been hit by a three-game ban after being found guilty of misconduct by the Football Association.

The Wanderers boss will not be on the touchline for fixtures against Burton Albion, Birmingham City and Peterborough United following a disciplinary hearing which announced its findings on Monday afternoon.

Evatt was given a straight red card by referee Declan Bourne after confronting the officials at the final whistle of Bolton’s 2-2 home draw against Shrewsbury Town on Saturday, October 5.

He was also involved in an angry exchange with Shrewsbury defender Morgan Feeney, which was judged by the committee to be “improper and/or violent”.

Evatt was also fined £3,400 after pleading guilty to the charge at the end of last week.

A statement from the Football Association read: “ “Ian Evatt has been suspended from the touchline for three matches and fined £3,400 following misconduct at the EFL League One game between Bolton Wanderers and Shrewsbury Town on Saturday, October 5.

“It was alleged that the manager’s conduct on the field of play was improper and/or violent. Ian Evatt admitted to this charge and an independent regulatory commission imposed his sanctions.”

Evatt was unable to speak to the media immediately after the Shrewsbury game but did address his upcoming charge before the Bristol Street Motors Trophy game against Aston Villa Under-21s.

He said: “Obviously, I am not going to say too much because I am part of a process with the FA but what I will say is that I am disappointed. I am not happy with the way things turned out.

“There wasn’t an issue with the referee at all, we were discussing the timing situation, and there was context to my actions.

"Their player grabbed me, said some not very nice things and I reacted in a way I shouldn’t have done.

“Whether it was emotion, frustration, passion, whatever you want to call it, it probably went too far. But as I say, there is context behind the way I reacted and I will be discussing that with the FA.”

Looking ahead to a potential ban, Evatt insists his absence from the touchline will not have a significantly negative impact on his players, who have managed to improve their form over the last few weeks to take 10 points from the last available 12.

“I honestly feel that we are getting back towards where we were, or where we need to be,” he told The Bolton News. “Results in the league, three wins and a draw post-Huddersfield, I think we would have snapped our hand off for that when you think back.

“I think we are looking dangerous again, we are coming into form again, so I am confident that the team will cope.

“I am an emotional and passionate guy and I like to demand things from my team from the side-line, and I think my team connects and reacts to that. I think we go into battle together.

“It is disappointing I might not be in the dugout for however many of those games, I don’t know, but I trust the players and I trust the staff that they can execute the gameplan. And I can hopefully still impact things from the stand, half time and before the game anyhow.”

Meanwhile, there was frustration for Wanderers pair Eoin Toal and Dion Charles as Northern Ireland drew 0-0 with Belarus in the Nations League. Luke Southwood was also an unused substitute.

On Friday, Szabi Schon was on the bench for Hungary’s 1-1 draw against the Netherlands and Josh Sheehan also watched on as Wales drew 2-2 in Iceland.