Beye wins red-card appeal
23 Oct 2008 - 14:37:26
Newcastle United defender Habib Beye is available to face Sunderland in Saturday's Wear-Tyne derby after winning an appeal for wrongful dismissal.
Beye was shown a straight red card during the early stages of Monday's 2-2 draw with Manchester City for tripping Robinho in the penalty area.
United's interim manager Joe Kinnear had said after the game that referee Rob Styles had agreed to take another look at the 12th-minute incident and an FA regulatory commission rescinded the card after considering an appeal on Thursday morning.
"At a regulatory commission hearing, a claim for wrongful dismissal from Newcastle United defender Habib Beye was upheld," read an FA statement.
"As a result, Beye's one-match suspension has been withdrawn."