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MIDDLESBROUGH v SHEFFIELD UNITED - GIBSON BLASTS "AMATEUR" FA
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has described the Football Association as "amateurs and silly little men" after they increased Jeremie Aliadiere's ban to four games.
The French forward was initially given a three-match suspension following his red card for slapping Javier Mascherano during Boro's 3-2 defeat at Liverpool.
The Premier League side appealed on the grounds that the offence did not amount to violent conduct.
However, a regulatory commission yesterday rejected the claim as "frivolous" and increased the mandatory three-match ban for the offence to four.
Chief executive Keith Lamb yesterday reacted furiously to the dismissal of the appeal and Gibson expressed his own incredulity.
Gibson told the Daily Mirror: "We have amateurs in charge of the professional game.
"We need professional people making decisions, not these silly little men.
"It is ridiculous to call our appeal frivolous and I'm absolutely furious."
By Bettingzone.co.uk
Used with permission.
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