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• Nickname:The Stags
• Founded:1897
• Manager:Paul Holland

• Ground:Field Mill
• Capacity:9,990

Dearden slams FA decision

05 Sep 2007 - 15:49:37

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Furious Mansfield Town boss Billy Dearden has lashed out at the Football Association after Lee Bell was hit with a further one-match ban.

The Stags midfielder was handed a straight red card during the second half of Saturday's 4-2 victory over Stockport County at Field Mill.

Dearden unsuccessfully appealed the dismissal and Bell has now been handed a further one-match suspension on top of the mandatory three-game ban.

"It is an absolute disgrace to hand Lee an extra match ban after appealing against the red card decision," he told the club's official website.

"I wouldn't have appealed had I of known that Lee would have been handed an extra match ban.

"It's not as though I am new to the world of football. I have been in the game long enough to know what's what and we now cannot appeal further against this decision from the FA."