Pools suffer Collins blow
12 Feb 2008 - 16:39:40
Hartlepool United defender Sam Collins has been hit with an additional one-match ban by the Football Association.
Pools had hoped to have Collins' red card from the 2-1 weekend defeat to Southend United rescinded.
The defender was shown a straight red card for an apparent elbow on opposition striker Lee Barnard.
However, the FA ruled the appeal was 'frivolous' and hit Collins with a further one-match punishment.
Collins will now serve a four-match suspension which rules him out of the forthcoming games against Cheltenham Town, Northampton Town, Bournemouth and Oldham Athletic.