Cheltenham Town have unsuccessfully appealed the red card handed to Rohan Ince this weekend, instead finding the EFL are planning to review the suspension to possibly make it longer.
Their official club website reports that they appealed the three-match ban handed to the former Chelsea midfielder after he was dismissed for throwing a water bottle to the floor. It hit the fourth official as it bounced away from Ince and he was immediately sent off.
The FA have released a statement saying:Ā “Rohan Ince has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3[1].
“The Cheltenham Town player was dismissed during the EFL League Two fixture against Leyton Orient on Saturday [3/8/19] for violent conduct. However, it is alleged that the standard three-match suspension is clearly insufficient.
“The midfielder has until 18:00 tomorrow [8/8/19] to provide a response.”
Cheltenham also had Luke Varney sent off for a second bookable offence during their encounter with Leyton Orient. It was an emotionally-charged game as the home side made their first appearance back in the Football League, paying tribute to manager Justin Edinburgh who passed away over the summer.
As a football, spectacle it was certainly interesting, Josh Wright’s goal giving the home side the win, but the repercussions could be severe for Ince and Cheltenham. however, not all fans think that the governing body have got it right on this occasion; even an Orient fan thinks they’ve been hard done by, as you can see from the posts below.
https://twitter.com/Dave_CTFC/status/1159074942769606658
Striker run off the back of Coulson which will happen alot this season & Brill was to slow as only a GK coach. Referee then bottled blatant Penalty š¤·āāļø
— LDP (@Ldpking) August 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/Malabus/status/1159095753480032257
Iād love to know the @EFL thought process behind someone throwing down an empty water bottle and ACCIDENTALLY hitting the 4th official being worth more than a 3 game suspension š have some common sense. Bunch of clowns reviewing it
— Martyn Ormerod (@Martyn_Ormerod) August 7, 2019
Players regularly throw water bottles back to the bench. The 4th has got to be pretty bloody sure to be claiming that it was with intent. I would hope there is very clear evidence if this is the case!
— Dan Bevan (@danbevan76) August 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/CTFC_HE/status/1159075505913638917
What a joke the EFL are corrupt
— Matt (@Matt7SZN) August 7, 2019
Why complain last season we had a player sent off while laying injured on a stretcher his boot being kicked off
and hitting an official
Neither intentiial but non the less punishe