Quote Originally Posted by PedroTheFisherman66 View Post
I'm not sure if there is any benefit in that at all for us, in fact possibly the opposite as they are playing Wrexham soon and losing him could possibly weaken their team. Such a shame the ref didn't pick it up at the time as it was a straight red in my opinion!
If I'm reading it right, the report is dated 17th Sep so presumably any ban would have been served by now. I can't help but wonder if we have cher to thank for this. On the Wealdstone match thread she posted:

Here's what seems to be the relevant section in the FA handbook:

6SECTION ONE: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CATEGORIES 1, 2 AND 3 TOGGLE SECTION AS FAVOURITE
CHARGES TOGGLE SECTION AS FAVOURITE
5 The Association may issue a Charge against a Player in relation to an incident whether or not the same incident has been dealt with by the Referee and/or pursuant to this Section One. In deciding whether or not to issue a Charge, The Association will have particular (but not exclusive) regard to the following:

5.1 any applicable Law(s) of the Game or Rules and Regulations or FIFA instructions and/or guidelines;

5.2 the nature of the incident, and in particular any intent, recklessness, negligence or other state of mind of the Player;

5.3 where applicable, the level of force used;

5.4 any injury to any Participant caused by the incident;

5.5 any other impact on the Match in which the incident occurred;

5.6 the prevalence of the type of incident in question in football generally;

5.7 the wider interests of football in applying consistent sanctions.

6 A Regulatory Commission considering a Charge pursuant to paragraph 5 above shall have regard to any standard punishment imposed pursuant to paragraphs 23 to 32 below for the same incident when considering any penalty in accordance with paragraph 40 of Part A: General Provisions Section Two.

7 The Association may issue a Charge against a Club at any time during the playing season in relation to cautionable or sending-off offences committed by Players of the Club.


Notts are a Category 1 team.

I know her partner has a fair bit of reffing experience, so I wonder if this was pointed out to the FA rather than them spotting it themselves?