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Fulham midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe has been handed a two-game ban by the FA after posting a bizarre tweet aimed at Patrick Bamford.

The 22-year-old was accused of ‘aggravated misconduct by reference to sexual orientation' after comments posted on his Twitter account’ in the aftermath of Boro ’s defeat to Norwich City in the play-off final at Wembley.

The former Manchester United Academy graduate tweeted: “Happy that Middlesbrough didn’t go up, just for the main fact that @Patrick_Bamford is a sausage boy.”

The tweet has since been deleted from Tunnicliffe’s account.

Tunnicliffe admitted the charge and will now face a two-game suspension at the beginning of next season, as well as being hit with a £5,000 fine.

The midfielder has also been ordered to attend a mandatory education course.

Tunnicliffe started for Fulham as Boro’s automatic promotion hopes suffered a huge blow as they lost 4-3 at Craven Cottage at the end of April.

He also played for Blackburn in the bad-tempered affair at the Riverside in November after spending the first half of the season on loan at Rovers.

Bamford , who has returned to parent club Chelsea after a successful loan spell at Boro, has been tipped for another loan move - most likely to a Premier League team - next season.

The Championship Player of the Year was called up along with Ben Gibson to the England U21s squad for this summer's European Championships - but Bamford later withdrew as a result of the ankle knock that plagued the end of his Boro season.