John Terry has had his red card he received at the weekend rescinded after an appeal to the FA. The referee, Mark Halsey, gave Terry a red card for “serious foul play” and NOT a “professional foul”. Chelsea were complaining about the fact that Terry should not have got a red card because he was not the last defender. However, the position of other placement was irrelevent because the red card was for “serious foul play”.
Under FA regulations, a “serious foul play” can’t be downgraded from red to yellow on appeal and a red card can only be rescinded if the referee, upon reviewing the incident, admits that he made an error. However, the ref rightly stood by his decision.
This means Terry has got away with cynically bringing down a player without even a yellow card!! OK, it wasnt really a “rugby tackle” like some people are saying but he certainly used his arm to try and grab part of the City player.
It now also means Terry will be able to play Chelsea’s next game – against United!!!
As you would expect Sir Alex Ferguson is not too happy!
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