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Kilgallon appeal rejected

21 Oct 2008 - 14:51:54

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Sheffield United have failed with an appeal against Matthew Kilgallon's dismissal in the 1-0 Steel City derby defeat by Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend.

Kilgallon was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Dean for a high challenge on Sean McAllister after 27 minutes of the Hillsborough encounter and Blades boss Kevin Blackwell had always been dubious over an appeal.

He had said after Sunday's action: "Do we hope to appeal? Maybe. But I keep hearing the word 'frivolous' being used these days and there's a danger people get an extra game ban.

"That was a Steel City derby. It was a fanny's tackle. I wouldn't like to see (Mike) Dean referee one of the old derbies. It wasn't just the sending-off, there were other blatant fouls that went unpunished.

"If that's a sending-off then we may as well all pack up and go home. Brian Howard has an eye nearly hanging out of his socket.

"It seems you can maliciously wound somebody and get away with it. But if you have a go at referees, then you get fined."

Kilgallon will now serve a three-match suspension, missing the games against Southampton, Preston North End and Bristol City.