Wolves forward Matheus Cunha has been banned for two matches and fined £80,000 following his role in the melee after Town’s 2-1 victory at Molineux earlier this month.

Cunha was pictured elbowing a member of the Town security staff in the back of the head and then removing his glasses and shoving him in the face in a fracas at the end of the match which also led to his teammate Rayan Aït-Nouri being shown a second yellow card and Liam Delap picking up his fifth booking of the season, which saw him miss the game against Newcastle.

The FA charged the Brazilian with misconduct and that he had acted in an improper manner, a charge he admitted with an independent regulatory commission imposing the two-game ban, which will see him miss the Premier League match against Nottingham Forest and FA Cup tie with Bristol City. Written reasons are set to be published in due course.

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gosblue added 14:45 - Dec 31 The club should seek legal advice about an appeal. The Security Guard should seek legal advice about a civil action. Whatever happened to bringing the game into disrepute. Surely that would carry an extra game ban. A 3 match ban would have seemed much fairer meaning he would miss 2 league games instead of just the one.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 15:43 - Dec 31 Can only agree totally with the sentiments here: absolutely disgraceful!
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dyersdream added 16:36 - Dec 31 Just shows how dodgy the Fa are !
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blueboy1981 added 20:11 - Dec 31 Absolute f…king Joke for what he did - £80.000 to him is like a Pint to the Man in the Crowd - and only a two match ban - should have been a Minimum of five matches. Where is this a deterrent to others ? The FA are a SHAMEFUL entity - in fact USELESS !
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leroy2488 added 23:32 - Dec 31 Outrageous. Absolutely everything about this is just wrong. What an appalling message the FA has just sent out to players, teams, supporters. children. Wolves have completely got away with this and it was the second game on the trot that they didn’t control their players after a match too.
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Dissboyitfc added 10:17 - Jan 1 Agreed Blueboy and thats a fact! Shocking, i really cant see how the FA feels this is just? We have VAR to help keep things consistent we are getting the opposite, never a penalty on sat, i will take it though, look back at the Leicester incident, a stonewall and deemed a coming together. With all the money and everything thats at stake, consistency is the least we should expect! Some of the decisions are insane! Going on about VAR, there goal clearly offside and took 3minutes to overrule, why? Its ruining the game, its use should be for clear and obvious!! if it takes that long its not obvious. I know for a fact the average man on the street could, after training operate VAR in a more consistent manner!

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Dissboyitfc added 10:17 - Jan 1 Agreed Blueboy and thats a fact! Shocking, i really cant see how the FA feels this is just? We have VAR to help keep things consistent we are getting the opposite, never a penalty on sat, i will take it though, look back at the Leicester incident, a stonewall and deemed a coming together. With all the money and everything thats at stake, consistency is the least we should expect! Some of the decisions are insane! Going on about VAR, there goal clearly offside and took 3minutes to overrule, why? Its ruining the game, its use should be for clear and obvious!! if it takes that long its not obvious. I know for a fact the average man on the street could, after training operate VAR in a more consistent manner!

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BobbyBell added 10:23 - Jan 1 On another note I think our security guy who behaved superbly should be rewarded by ITFC for his calmness and self control in the face of such aggression. He was so impressive.
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NorthLondonBlue2 added 12:38 - Jan 1 There would be nothing to prevent a criminal allegation for common assault being made. True, the punishment would be likely to be nominal, but he will have a criminal record to his name and fines to pay. In addition, a civil claim for material damage could also be brought.
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Eeyore added 01:55 - Jan 2 Total disgrace. The club should have suspended him before the FA did.
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EricGatesShinpad added 08:41 - Jan 2 Just imagine if the roles were reversed? I am sure our Town lad would have thoroughly filled Cunha in and probably have lost his job..... Doesn't seem fair to me.
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Gforce added 14:57 - Jan 2 Evan Merson said on Sky today,that Wolves have got away with it and that the bottom 3 clubs won't be happy at all with him being allowed to play on,gaining them 7 points in the process.
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bobble added 08:36 - Jan 3 I assume the town security member can and should take a civil case of assault against him as well.....
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peewee added 08:38 - Jan 3 I see wolves fans are trying to say that racist comments were made, trying to justify his bad attitude and actions. It should be at lest 6 league game ban and if unfit should be added on
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BrockleyBlue78 added 12:08 - Jan 3 Duran kicks a water bottle and may get a 5 match ban (for reacting to a questionable red card) Cunha elbows someone in the head from behind and then grabs their glasses and gets a 2 match ban How does this make any sense?!
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