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Stead banned for extra game

30 Dec 2009 - 15:26:52

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Ipswich Town striker Jon Stead must serve a four-match ban after an appeal over his red card against Crystal Palace on Boxing Day was dismissed.

Stead was sent off following a lunging tackle on Palace midfielder Freddie Sears during his side's 3-1 defeat at Selhurst Park.

Town had appealed the red card but the automatic three-match suspension has now been increased to include a further game.

The striker will now be unavailable to manager Roy Keane until the January 30 game against Preston North End.

"The striker will now receive a four-match ban, increased by one game and starting with immediate effect, as the commission felt the claim had no prospect of success," read a Football Association statement.