Town’s appeal against Andre Dozzell’s red card at Sunderland on Tuesday has failed and the midfielder now faces a three-game ban.

The 21-year-old was dismissed by referee Peter Wright in the 72nd minute of the Blues’ 2-1 defeat at the Stadium of Light for a challenge on former Town skipper Grant Leadbitter.

Town boss Paul Lambert was furious about the decision - as well as the award of the penalty which won the Black Cats the game - and vowed to appeal after the match.

The Blues supplied video evidence but were unable to convince the FA’s Regulatory Commission that a wrong decision had been made.

Dozzell will now miss Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Portsmouth and the league games against Shrewsbury and Hull City.

The former England U20 international is available for Tuesday’s Papa John’s Trophy tie at Crawley.

Jon Nolan, who was red-carded in the League One game at Lincoln, is available from Saturday having completed his three-match suspension.

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kuyski added 03:29 - Nov 6 The most Failed Institutions in the world
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ArnieM added 07:29 - Nov 6 Question: Does this mean Dozzell's yellow card collection is now spent, or could he still yet be banned again ( as he will undoubtably get another yellow before Xmas)?
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dirtyboy added 09:27 - Nov 6 If you want to keep employees (FA with refs) then you need to support them when they make mistakes and not be seen to openly punish them unless it's along the lines of gross misconduct. If the FA continually overturned ref decisions, the refs would just walk away as the subsequent hassle would be far too much. Not correct, but I understand it. If you continuously undermine your staff you won't have any!

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Fatboy added 09:30 - Nov 6 @ArnieM As I understand it, Dozzell will still be on four yellows once he returns from his three-match ban, so one more before Xmas would lead to another ban.
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