Sheffield United consider Daniel Jebbison Wrexham red card appeal as boss delivers verdict
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The teenage striker saw red after a clash with Ben Tozer of Wrexham during the entertaining FA Cup third-round meeting at the Racecourse Ground, which finished 3-3.
Although television replays didn’t capture the incident clearly, referee Dean Whitestone took advice from his fourth official on the touchline before brandishing a red card to Jebbison, which will see him miss United’s next three games.
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Hide Ad“I’ve not seen anything in it yet,” said Heckingbottom after the game.
“I was stood next to the fourth official and he’s seen something I haven’t. He’s saying there’s a kick.
“I can see Tozer blocking Jebbo off, so it’s a foul, and there’s a coming together afterwards. So I’m not sure what he’s seen. I’ve looked at footage and I can’t see anything, but you guys may have seen something I’ve not.
“We can’t just accept it; we need to get to the bottom of it. Because either Jebbo has got to learn from it or, if there’s nothing in it, we want the player and we’ll have to appeal it. So we need to see the footage.”
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Hide Ad“He'll be fine,” Heckingbottom added of Jebbison, who was escorted back to the dressing room by teammate Rhian Brewster after being sent off.
“He’ll learn from it if he’s done something. And if not, if it’s an unjust decision, then we’ll appeal it.”
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