Five-match ban for Evans
26 Feb 2007 - 13:03:01
Wrexham defender Steve Evans faces a five-match suspension after the club decided not to appeal against his red card in the home defeat to Shrewsbury Town.
Evans was dismissed for the third time this season after tangling with the Shrews' David Edwards, and Red Dragons boss Brian Carey has decided not to launch an appeal.
"The video shows the incident from a different angle and it wouldn't help any appeal," Carey told the club's official website.
"We really needed something that would make an appeal panel look sympathetically on our case and the video didn't offer us any hope on that count.
"I still think it was nothing more than a clumsy challenge and he certainly didn't elbow their lad deliberately.
"It will be a big disappointment to lose Steve for so long, but it's just another hurdle for us to get over."