With referee Mark Halsey pulling out the straight red card after Chelsea Captain John Terry pulled down Manchester City’s Jo near the end of Chelsea’s 3 – 1 win at City, Terry WAS set to miss this weekend’s Manchester United at Chelsea showdown, the Carling Cup match against Portsmouth and the match at Stoke on the 27th because the red card was labeled “Serious Foul Play”, which means in a three match ban.

After taking another look at the video after the match, head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and the Chelsea honchos appealed to the FA Regulatory Commission who agreed today, dropping the mandatory ban.

When things like this happen, I have always wondered what happens to the referees who make the wrong decision.  Are they banned, suspended, docked pay, forced to do a couple of Championship matches before getting called back up?

I personally feel that they should be held accountable in the same way and forum that the players are held accountable.  Just sayin….

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