Newcastle United's defender Celestine Babayaro has lost an appeal against his red card at Aston Villa. The 27-year-old Nigerian will now be banned for two matches, the FA Cup encounter with Southampton and the Premiership match against Charlton. Babayaro was dismissed for a professional foul on Milan Baros.
"The extra match is because of the fact Babayaro admitted a charge of violent conduct in November last year," said an FA statement. "That counts as a previous sending-off under the disciplinary totting-up process." Babayaro was dismissed in the second half of Saturday's Premiership match but Newcastle still managed to hold on for a 2-1 victory.
I was very very surprised that the appeal was turned down because I thought that in the tackle Babayaro himself was kicked by Villa's Czech striker Milan Baros. Babayaro has done alright this season and I think Newcastle will kind of miss him because in the last two matches under Glen Rodder he has played well and Newcastle have only conceded 1 goal.
