Was the FA practicing double standards in their system of appeal?
(soccernet)
The FA four-man Regulatory Commission has decided to overturn the red card dismissal given to Frank Lampard and the resulting 3 match ban as well.
This decision gives credence to Middlesbrough’s earlier accusations that they were treated unfairly by the FA’s double standards – one for the big clubs and one for the rest.
Their attempt at appealing against Jeremie Aliadiere’s dismissal in the Liverpool match was brushed off by the English Football authorities as ‘frivolous’ and incurred an extra match ban.
Video replays rightly show that Frank Lampard’s red card was perhaps too harsh and that Luis Boa Morte has to bear part of the responsibility in the clash over the weekend fixture. What is ridiculous to Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson is the failure to punish Javier Mascherano for his part in instigating Aliadiere’s light slap.
The FA will need to relook at its system and probably its definition of ‘violent conduct’ in the oxford dictionary.
Bryan
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