Ivan Toney took another step in preparation for his return from a eight month suspension for gambling, scoring a hat trick in a behind-closed-doors friendly for Brentford B’s against Southampton under-23s on Saturday.
Toney’s ban from all football-related activities — handed to him after being charged with 262 betting offences last year — ends on Jan. 17.
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The easing of the ban rules saw him return to training with the first-team after four months in September last year and permitted him to play in behind-closed-doors friendlies. He got on the scoresheet in his on-field debut in a friendly against Como in October.
