Motherwell have questioned the SFA’s determination to hit Callum Slattery with a retrospective four-game ban for alleged simulation.
Slattery was concerned in a conflict with St Mirren defender Richard King throughout a match in Paisley final month.
King was despatched off after utilizing an arm to shake off the attentions of Slattery because the pair tussled off the ball.
He was despatched off by referee Calum Scott because the Buddies went on to lose 5-0, however the Paisley membership had been profitable in having the choice overturned.
Slattery went down holding his face even supposing TV replays appeared to point out minimal contact.
The Motherwell man was then cited by the SFA’s compliance officer for breaching disciplinary rule 77 by failing to ‘act in the most effective pursuits of Affiliation Soccer’.
Following a listening to yesterday, he has now been handed a four-match ban, two of that are suspended.
Slattery will miss Motherwell’s subsequent two league fixtures, towards Falkirk and Hearts
However Motherwell hit out at that call, citing ‘inconclusive’ footage in addition to basic frustration on the method by which matches are being refereed.
‘On the night time, the fourth official communicated to the match referee concerning the off-the-ball incident, to which a crimson card was proven to King,’ stated a membership assertion.
‘Following a VAR evaluation, the choice was upheld as a result of inconclusive proof from the cameras, which couldn’t affirm the extent of contact with Slattery’s face because of poor high quality.
‘Regardless of the proper protocol being adopted on the night time, a 3rd layer of refereeing has now been carried out, and regardless of utilizing the identical poor-quality digital camera angles, the panel has imposed a four-game ban for our participant, two of which he’s to serve within the subsequent two matches with the opposite two suspended.
‘The membership attended the listening to with clear proof displaying that the digital camera angles from the match in Paisley couldn’t present anybody with conclusive footage on the quantity of contact to Slattery’s face.
‘That is the primary incident in Scottish soccer the place a participant has acquired a match suspension by way of retrospective motion for inappropriate behaviour, and we query why this incident meets the factors, but numerous others don’t.
‘All golf equipment have witnessed comparable incidents in video games which haven’t resulted in retrospective bans; due to this fact, we are going to watch and anticipate consistency going ahead in order that Callum isn’t handled otherwise to others. The membership shall be making no additional remark presently.’
Slattery is now set to overlook Motherwell’s subsequent two matches towards Falkirk and Hearts.
The choice comes simply days after Rangers proposed a gathering with all different top-flight golf equipment to debate the usual of refereeing in Scottish soccer.
