Falkirk's player banned for abusing Dean Sheils about his missing eye

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/11/09/falkirks-kevin-ohara-handed-eight-game-ban-abusing-player-missing/

 

Falkirk forward Kevin O'Hara has been given an eight-match ban for abusing Dunfermline's Dean Shiels about his missing eye.

 

Shiels was sent off in Falkirk's 2-0 win over Dunfermline last month for a frustrated tackle late in the game, after receiving verbal abuse throughout the afternoon.

 

The former Rangers midfielder lost the sight in his right eye due to a domestic accident when he was eight years old. The eye was surgically removed in 2006 because of constant pain caused by burst blood vessels.

 

Dunfermline manager Allan Johnston said after the match: “I think there were maybe some poor remarks made towards Dean.”

 

The SFA also charged O'Hara's teammate Joe McKee with the same offence, and he is due in front of their disciplinary panel next week to discover his punishment.

 

The charge was for 'excessive misconduct', and hearings take place at Hampden Park. Both clubs requested on delaying the charges until after a league game between the teams for fear of stoking tensions between supporters.

 

A Falkirk statement said: “We note the announcement by the SFA that a notice of complaint has been received regarding two Falkirk players.

 

“It would be inappropriate to comment further until this process has been completed.”

 

The bad blood between the teams continued when the clubs met last weekend, with Dunfermline’s Kallum Higginbotham was sent off for swinging an arm at McKee.

 

I hope Dunfermline do well this season.

 

Falkirk are looking good for a relegation playoff spot.

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Too bad that it would be a play-off spot and not automatic relegation.

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Cue, full page column from BIG Bairn, Gordon Waddell in this week's Sunday Mail?

 

Nah, ah don't think so either.

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Eight matches is quite the punishment.

Was the offence "aggravated"in some way, or does he have a less than exemplary disciplinary record ?

 

Why are the miscreants not up before the beaks at the same time?

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Why are the miscreants not up before the beaks at the same time?

 

O'Hara's team-mate Joe McKee, 25, has been charged with the same offence. However, BBC Sport understands he intends to protest his innocence before a separate three-man tribunal on 16 November. O'Hara, who is an academy product and has made 15 first-team appearances for Falkirk, requested that his case was brought forward.

 

But strange isn't it. Throw a man to the ground Stokes style and just carry on. Give a man on the ground a boot to the head Broonie style and just carry on. Say some bad words and take a rest for 8 matches.

 

I'm not suggesting that what he did should go unpunished but which actions are the most dangerous?

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Predictable.