Lightning quick reply from the FA

Didn't answer any of my questions of course and just the standard reply </p>

My email (15.52):

Your disgraceful decision not to take further action against Chris Morgan, for his violent use of the elbow on Iain Hume of Barnsley, raises many questions but one particularly glaring one.

What makes the Ben Thatcher/Pedro Mendes incident exceptional and this one not?

You did decide to act after this challenge, despite the yellow card already given, and gave Thatcher an 8 game ban (with a further 15 games suspended).

The only differences that I can see are the size of the clubs involved and the national exposure it received, being discussed by Hansen/Lineker on the BBC's Match of the Day.

Maybe you are running scared of Sheffield Utd after they made a laughing stock out of you in the courts.

Aren't you the slightest bit concerned that the footballing public see you as, at best, an incompetent joke?

Their email (16.06):

Dear Steve

Thank you for contacting the Football Association.

The FA has confirmed that no disciplinary action will be taken against Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan with relation to a challenge on Barnsley's Iain Hume.

Morgan was booked for the challenge during the match at Oakwell on 8 November.

An FA spokesman said: "When judging whether to take disciplinary action in this case, The FA has had to consider the challenge itself and not the outcome of it.

"The FA has been given express direction from FIFA that we cannot upgrade yellow cards to red. On this basis, we can only bring additional charges in the most exceptional cases and only if it can be proved beyond doubt that the actions of a player were a deliberate attempt to injure an opponent.

"Having reviewed all available evidence in this case, including submissions made by Barnsley, there is no basis on which an additional charge could brought."



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The Football Association

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Aye, virtually the exact same reply from mine i sent 2 weeks ago and got back yesterday

 

Cut and paste job to fob you off by the looks!

/poo