BBC - possible sanctions

[Project]

From an unrelated story (Gerrards horrible two footed challenge on an Everton player a few years back):

"They can lodge an appeal against the penalty, in which case the penalty itself is deferred for the 14-day period during which the appeal is considered.

"Or they can make the commission aware on the day of the hearing that they have no intention of appealing, which results in an immediate invocation of the penalty."


So presumably we will take this option?

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

The MOTD coverage was a complete and utter joke.

Did anyone else see the way they cleverly edited the footage of Adebayor waving his arms to the City fans in the West Stand towards the middle just after he'd been booked.............the nobs at MOTD thought they would edit it to look like he was winding up the Arsenal fans again.

Absolutely farcical, if I was an MCFC employee I'd be on the phone to the Editor of MOTD this morning demanding to know how that was allowed

 

[moomba]

From an unrelated story (Gerrards horrible two footed challenge on an Everton player a few years back):

"They can lodge an appeal against the penalty, in which case the penalty itself is deferred for the 14-day period during which the appeal is considered.

"Or they can make the commission aware on the day of the hearing that they have no intention of appealing, which results in an immediate invocation of the penalty."


So presumably we will take this option?

I hope the rules are still in place, but I'm pretty sure they've been changed.

If they give a 3 match ban (or multiple bans of no more than 3 matches each) I don't think we can appeal.

 

[BlueMooney]

The MOTD coverage was a complete and utter joke.

Did anyone else see the way they cleverly edited the footage of Adebayor waving his arms to the City fans in the West Stand towards the middle just after he'd been booked.............the nobs at MOTD thought they would edit it to look like he was winding up the Arsenal fans again.

Absolutely farcical, if I was an MCFC employee I'd be on the phone to the Editor of MOTD this morning demanding to know how that was allowed

They didn't do that.

In the whole time he's speaking to the referee and after in the MotD footage, the highest his arms get are when he touches his chest.

 

[york away to this!]

The only proviso is that the fan must sound something like Les Battersby and not have one of those posh Cheshire accents.

nothing wrong with posh cheshire accents, old bean!

up the city! rah, rah, rah!

 

[Project]

From an unrelated story (Gerrards horrible two footed challenge on an Everton player a few years back):

"They can lodge an appeal against the penalty, in which case the penalty itself is deferred for the 14-day period during which the appeal is considered.

"Or they can make the commission aware on the day of the hearing that they have no intention of appealing, which results in an immediate invocation of the penalty."


So presumably we will take this option?

I hope the rules are still in place, but I'm pretty sure they've been changed.

If they give a 3 match ban (or multiple bans of no more than 3 matches each) I don't think we can appeal.

I'm sadly reading through the disciplinary procedures rule book on my lunch break.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/DisciplinaryProcedures08091.ashx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary ... 08091.ashx</a>

For Incidents on the Field of Play which fall within Law 12, which were not seen by
Match Officials, but caught on video (serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting at an
opponent or any other person, offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures) –
an appeal may be lodged only in the event that a penalty is ordered in excess of three
matches. The appeal may only be against the level of penalty imposed and only in
respect of that part of the suspension in excess of three matches, not accounting for
any matches included in the penalty as a result of a Player having served a suspension
earlier in the same season.


So if the referee didn't see it, we basically have no grounds for appeal.

I can't find anything yet that clarifies what happens if the referee saw the incident.