Joachim Andersen will be free to face Southampton on Boxing Day after Fulham successfully appealed his sending off at Newcastle.
The Danish defender was sent off after being adjudged to have fouled Callum Wilson as the Magpies forward bore down on goal at St. James’ Park on Saturday night. Referee Graham Scott awarded a penalty, even though the initial contact appeared to be outside the box, and showed Andersen a straight red card after consulting the pitchside monitor.
Fulham boss Scott Parker confirmed that the club would appeal the decision after the game and their success means that Andersen will be available to line up against the Saints at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
What happens to the referee and the VAR people
Does Wilson get a ban for diving?
Surely this means it was not a penalty! That ref should be demoted !!!
So what happens to ref Scott now, as normal nothing because the FA has no bottle. Callum Wilson should be banned.
This is almost laughable we all knew that it was never a penalty and the referees integrity needs looking at it beginning to look to obvious and dodgy now two matches with two laughable penalties against us its proving people don’t like Fulham it’s saying we can’t have Fulham beating the Champions and an inept Newcastle so now theFA have got to give Wilson a yellow card shame they can’t take their goal or the point away as well that would stop everything diving etc but The FA have not got the balls to do it
Looks like the old saying ” Cheats never prosper ” doesn’t apply in this case.
Come on FA show some balls.
At very least they should take the point away from Newcastle. it we get relegated at the end of the season by two points it will a real injustice. the rules needs to be changed and the referee should serve a ban. it is just not good enough.
We wish something would happen to Wilson, Newcastle and the refs. We know it won’t.
So if the red card was rescinded then presumably no foul was committed. If a foul was not committed then presumably the player has dived. If the FA have the power to rescind the red card then presumably they also have the power to rescinded the penalty ?
Am I missing something here ?
The only explanation left after rescinding Anderson’s second yellow is that he fouled Wilson in the area (thus a penalty and no card for Wilson for diving) but he wasn’t the last man on the pitch.
I’d rather believe in Father Christmas than such nonsense. It’s a shambles!!
But then the past is the past and I’d rather have Anderson on the pitch against the Saints than watching the game from home.
COYW!
Slight but not enough Justice, Brentford beat Newcastle Ha Ha Ha!
Just found out that Ego.I am in charge Pratt is the VAR Ref for our game against Burnley so it proves the FA have no balls and this man is still in a job wait and see if there’s a dodgy foul or penalty if we go down this season by 2 points this guy is responsible if that was Man Utd in Fergies days this guy would never referee again Maybe a kids match though Common FA have some balls an rescind the point how can you not if you have taken away the red card
Justice prevails but its still the same scoreline.Its Wilson that should be banned,guilty as he’ll.Poor referee and the wolves manager quite right in saying some are not good enough.Can count good referees on 1 hand
Football is a contact sport and the law must be changed to stop players falling over if they are just touched, and if they do they must be booked for diving (and pretending they are hurt). That way defenders will be able to tackle in the penalty area as well as anywhere else.
It would be a good idea if footballers were forced to play rugby once or twice a week to toughen them up and see what real sportsmen can take without writhing around on the ground.
Should never have to go to appeal when VAR is being used, unless to prove the powers that be which check VAR and ref are cheating .what did the appeal panel have which the officials at ground didn’t have, only honesty. Who’s gonna get sacked?
From what I saw, when the referee went to the screen there was very little replay of Wilson’s dive. The person doing VAR made the decision it was a pen. The ref was asked to judge on whether Andersen was last man. So that’s 2 incompetent officials. How did they both get it wrong it was obviously a dive. Andersen should have been booked for a shirt pull outside the area and a 2nd yellow so a 1 match ban. They’ve not given that either? The FA is simply making it up as it goes along to avoid the guilt of awarding the penalty. Muppets. Glad Andersen is back!
What the ruling means is that it should have been a yellow not a red. VAR did not decide it was a penalty as the REF pointed to the spot immediately, not after he went to VAR.