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Originally Posted by MarkC1984
See Gibbs and Oxlade C both escape punishment for the handball incident. Agree with Gibbs having the card quashed but why the Hell did the FA not pass the ban onto Chamberlain? Not read the story so if the reason is in the story then I wouldn't know.
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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
Because it wasn't a red card offence.
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Originally Posted by thenry
am i seeing right?! am i seeing common sense ?
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To be honest I think we got a bit lucky with Ox getting the Red card overturned. It wasn't as if this was a ball to hand type moment, this was a fully fledged starfish dive to push the ball away. The ball was probably going wide and intent isn't meant to matter but I don't think that card would normally be overturned. I think it was given by the FA on the understanding that this is the end of the matter and Arsenal won't cause any problems with it.