Red card farce thrown out by FA

John Terry will face Manchester United on Sunday after the FA upheld the Blues appeal against his sending off on Saturday.

Ref Mark Halsey brandished a stupid red card for Terry when the centre-back hauled down striker Jo 13 minutes from time.
Realising his mistake Halsey tried to muddy the water by claiming the offence was serious foul play as opposed to a professional foul.
Ricardo Carvalho was well positioned to defend Jo had Terry not upended the Brazilian hitman.
However the FA have seen through Halsey's decision and decided the it was a wrongful dismissal as there was no serious foul play.
Serious foul play is when a player uses excessive force or brutality against an opponent when challenging for the ball when it is play.
Something which was laughable in Terry's case.
Halsey should not referee a Chelsea match again this season, in my view.

Had the ref taken a few seconds to properly judge the event the correct decision would have been a yellow card for Terry.
In his haste, he got it badly wrong.
Had Terry lost the appeal, he would have faced a three-match ban which would have meant him missing Sunday's clash against United plus matches against Portsmouth inn the Carling Cup and the away Premier league match at Stoke City.