Spygate: Eckert free to continue as Southampton manager

John Bennett is joined by BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore and former Reading and Watford winger Jobi McAnuff to react to the Spygate verdict. 

An FA regulatory commission has handed Southampton boss Tonda Eckert a suspended 6-week ban for his involvement in the Spygate scandal. What reasons were given for this verdict? And is it a fair outcome? 

With Middlesbrough the club to uncover the spying ahead of their Championship play-off semi-final, fan and editor of Fly Me To The Moon fanzine, Robert Nichols, offers what this decision is like from a Boro perspective. 

TIMECODES:
0'45 How did we get to this point? 
2'05 Why is the ban suspended?
4'17 Jobi McAnuff's thoughts
9'12 Has the length of time taken to get this verdict benefitted Eckert? 
11'51 What do Southampton fans think of the decision? 
15'00 Middlesbrough fan Robert Nichols
18'05 How much damage has this done to Southampton's reputation?